Juçara pulp supplementation improves glucose tolerance in mice.

Background The consumption of hyperlipidic and hypercaloric diet is considered a major factor to promote obesity and the consumption of food with antioxidant properties, like Jucara (Euterpe edulis Mart), could be a tool to prevent the deleterious effect of high white adipose deposition. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of administration of jucara pulp in mice fed a high-fat, high-calorie diet on glucose tolerance and adipose tissue inflammatory status.