title: Effect of blueberry feeding on plasma lipids in pigs.
abstract: Two feeding trials were conducted with pigs to determine the effects of blueberry supplementation on plasma lipid levels and other indices of cardiovascular benefit. In the first trial, where basal diets contained a high level of plant-based components (70 % soya, oats and barley), supplementation with 1, 2 and 4 % blueberries resulted in a decrease in total, LDL- and HDL-cholesterol. The greatest reduction was observed in the 2 % blueberry-fed pigs, where total, LDL- and HDL-cholesterol were reduced 11.7, 15.1 and 8.3 %, respectively. In the second trial where basal diets contained only 20 % (w/w) of soya, oats and barley, the lipid-modulating effect of blueberries was attenuated, so that supplementation with 1.5 % blueberries reduced total cholesterol by 8 %, which occurred only in pigs whose diets had been supplemented with cholesterol (0.08 %), NaCl (0.11 %) and fructose (9 %). In the first feeding trial, blueberry supplementation had no effect on blood platelet activity. Blueberry supplementation also had no effect on the susceptibility of leucocyte DNA to oxidation in the first trial and no effect on the susceptibility of LDL to oxidation in the second trial. Results of these two feeding trials are discussed in relation to the effects of basal diet composition on lipid-modulating effects of blueberries.
authors: Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Center, 32 Main Street, Kentville, Nova Scotia B4N 1J5, Canada. kaltw@agr.gc.ca
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Kalt
authors: Kim
authors: K
authors: Foote
authors: S A E
authors: SA
authors: Fillmore
authors: Martha
authors: M
authors: Lyon
authors: T A
authors: TA
authors: Van Lunen
authors: K B
authors: KB
authors: McRae
mesh_terms: D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D001777:Blood Coagulation / Q000502:physiology; D029798:Blueberry Plants; D004032:Diet; D004435:Eating / Q000502:physiology; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D015539:Platelet Activation / Q000502:physiology; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000097:blood* / Q000254:growth & development; D015430:Weight Gain / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids