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Vaccinium myrtillusFinding

Vaccinium myrtillus has no detected effect on fasting blood glucose

no difference foundVery limited evidenceFinding

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Combining five effect sizes from the five trials on long-term effects of bilberry administration compared with controls resulted in a non-significant decrease in FBG (WMD: -0.08 mmol/L, 95% CI: -0.22 to 0.07, p = 0.30).”
Quoted verbatim from Investigating the Effects of Vaccinium myrtillus Supplementation on Cardiometabolic Indices: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
This finding among the 111 findings on its endpoint

Vaccinium myrtillus

Fasting blood glucose

no difference found

Effect as reported

−0.08mean difference

CI −0.22 to 0.07

Who
Adults in five randomized trials of bilberry supplementation lasting at least 1 week, pooled long-term analysis
Dose studied
not reported

Very limited evidencePMID 40751398 · 2025

02 · The study

Study
meta-analysis
Duration
not reported

Evidence, by strength

  • strong
  • moderate
  • limited
  • very limitedthis finding
  • insufficient

03 · The paper

Phytotherapy research
What else it reported1 finding · 0 compounds · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M71MEQFYJTR4Q391BY882MF2