Lingonberries' antioxidant content and other plant chemicals make them particularly noteworthy in terms of nutrition. A serving of 3/4 cup (100 grams) of lingonberries provides 139% of the recommended daily intake (RDI) for manganese, a mineral needed for the production of superoxide dismutase, one of the body's main antioxidant enzymes.

Additionally, a serving of lingonberries contains 10% and 12%, respectively, of the RDIs for vitamins E and C, both of which have antioxidant properties. Additionally, lingonberries, like many berries, are abundant in plant chemicals such as anthocyanins and flavonoids. In actuality, anthocyanins, which give lingonberries their red color, may have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Additionally, lingonberries contain quercetin, a flavonoid that has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Your risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and other illnesses may be decreased as a result.

Your gut microbiota, which is made up of bacteria and other germs in your digestive tract, may have a significant impact on your health. Your diet has a significant impact on how your gut microbiota is made up. Eating lingonberries may cause changes in the composition of your gut microbiota that may act as a defense against low-grade inflammation, according to animal research. For 11 weeks, lingonberries were fed to mice on a high-fat diet. This prevented low-grade inflammation and promoted the growth of Akkermansia muciniphila, a type of bacterium that supports the integrity of the gut lining.

Numerous diseases, such as dementia, type 2 diabetes, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and heart disease, are influenced by chronic inflammation. Thus, lingonberries may have anti-inflammatory and gut-health-promoting properties, while human research is still necessary to substantiate these advantages.

Lingonberries, like other berries, are a fruit that is good for losing weight because they only have 54 calories per 3/4 cup (100 gram) serving. However, when it comes to their possible function in weight control, there might be more at stake than merely a low-calorie count. In three-month high-fat diet research on mice, those that got 20% of their calories from lingonberries weighed 21% less and had considerably less body fat than those who consumed an equivalent number of calories but no berries. Additionally, the mice who consumed lingonberries did a better job of maintaining their lean physique and weight than mice who consumed other berries and a high-fat diet.

It was not determined in this study why lingonberries appear to have anti-obesity properties, however, it is possible that they cause changes in gut flora that promote leanness. Another study discovered that giving mice lingonberries decreased the number of Firmicutes bacteria in the gut, which are associated with increased body weight. This might be a result of Firmicutes' improved capacity to obtain energy from partially digested food. Additionally, lingonberries may impede the activity of an enzyme required for the digestion of fat from the diet, according to a test-tube study. You won't get the calories from fat if you don't digest it. The potential anti-obesity properties of lingonberries must be confirmed in human studies, as must the dosage required to achieve this benefit.

Because of their high polyphenol and fiber content, lingonberries and lingonberry extract may help manage blood sugar, according to test-tube and animal studies. These findings are supported by preliminary human research. Despite the increased carbs from the fruit, healthy men who ate sweetened yogurt with 1/3 cup (40 grams) of lingonberry powder had the same blood sugar and insulin levels as those who had yogurt without the powder.

Similar to this, when healthy women consumed 2/3 cup (150 grams) of pureed lingonberries together with around 3 tablespoons (35 grams) of sugar, their post-meal peak insulin levels were 17% lower than those of a control group that only consumed the sugar. Your body's ability to respond to insulin can be preserved by controlling insulin levels and lowering insulin spikes, which lowers your risk of type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Numerous berry varieties, including lingonberries, may benefit heart health. Their polyphenol and fiber content may be the cause of this advantage. Lingonberries may boost blood flow by relaxing your heart's arteries, slow the development of atherosclerosis, lower triglycerides, and shield heart cells from oxidative damage, according to test-tube and animal research.

Three months of feeding mice a high-fat diet that included 20% of the calories from lingonberries led to total cholesterol levels that were 30% lower than those of mice fed an equivalent number of calories from a high-fat diet without berries. Furthermore, mice on the lingonberry-enriched diet developed considerably less liver fat. This indicates that the berries might protect against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which is a possible risk factor for heart disease.

Your eyes may become damaged by free radicals due to light. Your retina is particularly sensitive to blue light and ultraviolet A (UVA) light from the sun, as well as light from digital gadgets like smartphones and computers. Your retina is responsible for converting light into nerve signals that your brain interprets as vision. Studies in test tubes indicate that lingonberry extract may shield retinal cells from UVA and blue light-induced free radical damage. Anthocyanins are one type of plant chemical that provides this defense.

The consumption of berry anthocyanins increases blood levels of these beneficial plant components, which can go to your eyes, according to previous animal and human research. Eating a lot of antioxidant-rich fruits and vegetables, which may contain lingonberries, has long been recommended as a way to support vision, even if further research is required to validate the benefits of lingonberry extract for eye health.

Fruit, including lingonberries, contains fiber, plant-based chemicals, and vitamins that may lower the chance of developing cancer. Those mice that received 10% (by weight) of their high-fat diet as freeze-dried, powdered lingonberries had 60% smaller and 30% fewer tumors than the control group after 10-week research in which the mice were susceptible to intestinal tumors.

In addition, a test-tube investigation discovered that oral cancer cells' ability to grow and spread was suppressed by fermented lingonberry juice. However, the anticancer property of curcumin, a substance found in turmeric, required 30 times as much lingonberry juice to match it. Supplements containing lingonberry extract, which concentrates the advantageous elements, may be an alternative choice. Lingberry extracts may encourage the death of human leukemia cancer cells and prevent the growth and spread of breast, colon, and cervical cancer cells, according to experiments conducted in test tubes.