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Blueberries are a concentrated source of polyphenols and anthocyanins that have multiple antidiabetic effects, including protection of pancreatic beta cells, anti-inflammatory properties, and free-radical-scavenging abilities (Liu, Gao 2015
SIRT1 is a histone deacetylase, which may regulate the transcriptional activity of BMAL1/CLOCK, forming a metabolic feedback loop again between the circadian clock system and metabolism (Nakahata et al., 2009
An additional confounding factor is that rodents, unlike humans, can synthesize their own vitamin C (Padayatty and Levine, 2016)
We should monitor for signs that the medication is producing hyperthyroidism