May Support Heart Health

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.