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The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) funds research studies that are grounded in sound science, use rigorous methodology, and are conducted by autonomous researchers at well-established institutions. All published research is submitted to peer-reviewed journals by the researcher, independent of the USHBC.

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Change in habitual intakes of flavonoid-rich foods and mortality in US males and females

Nicola P Bondonno , Yan Lydia Liu, Yan Zheng, Kerry Ivey, Walter C Willett, Meir J Stampfer, Eric B Rimm , Aedín Cassidy

BMC Med. 2023 May 12;21(1):181. doi: 10.1186/s12916-023-02873-z.

Daily Blueberry Consumption for 12 Weeks Improves Endothelial Function in Postmenopausal Women with Above-Normal Blood Pressure through Reductions in Oxidative Stress: A Randomized Controlled Trial

E. K. Woolf, J. D. Terwoord, N. S. Litwin, A. R. Vazquez, S. Y. Lee, N. Ghanem, K. A. Michell, B. T. Smith, L. E. Grabos, N. B. Ketelhut, N. P. Bachman, M. E. Smith, M. Le Sayec, S. Rao, C. Gentile, T. L. Weir, A. Rodriguez-Mateos, D.R. Seals, F. A. Dinenno and S. A. Johnson

Food Funct., 2023, DOI: 10.1039/D3FO00157A

An 8-week freeze-dried blueberry supplement impacts immune-related pathways: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Michèle Rousseau, Justine Horne, Frédéric Guénard, Juan de Toro-Martín, Véronique Garneau, Valérie Guay, Michèle Kearney, Geneviève Pilon, Denis Roy, Patrick Couture, Charles Couillard, André Marette, Marie-Claude Vohl

Genes Nutr . 2021 May 17;16(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s12263-021-00688-2

Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2 and Blueberry Phytophenols Affect Lipidome and Gut Microbiota Composition of Rats Under High-Fat Diet

Leandro Dias Teixeira, Monica F Torrez Lamberti, Evon DeBose-Scarlett, Erol Bahadiroglu, Timothy J Garrett, Christopher L Gardner, Julie L Meyer, Graciela L Lorca, Claudio F Gonzalez

Front Nutr . 2021 Oct 14;8:757256. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.757256.

Comparative Phytochemical Profiles and Antioxidant Enzyme Activity Analyses of the Southern Highbush Blueberry ( Vaccinium corymbosum) at Different Developmental Stages

Yueting Sun, Min Li, Sangeeta Mitra, Rizwan Hafiz Muhammad, Biswojit Debnath, Xiaocao Lu, Hongxiang Jian, Dongliang Qiu

Molecules. 2018 Aug 31;23(9):2209. doi: 10.3390/molecules23092209.

Blueberry benefits to cognitive function across the lifespan

Lynne Bell, Claire M Williams

Int J Food Sci Nutr . 2021 Aug;72(5):650-652. doi: 10.1080/09637486.2020.1852192.

*USHBC provided funding and/or product for the study.