Queensland plums fight fat

Queensland plums join fight against obesity is the latest news on these lovely stonefruits.

A University of Southern Queensland (USQ) research team is working with local growers and the Queensland Government to produce the world's latest 'super food' - the Queen Garnet Plum.??

The plum was developed by the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF), grown in southern Queensland and tested by USQ.?? USQ Biomedical Sciences Professor Lindsay Brown and his team recently released their findings of the new plum variety following months of investigation in collaboration with the research team at DAFF and the Good Rich Fruit Company orchard at Warroo, west of Stanthorpe, where the plums are grown.

"The results are amazingly positive," he said. "Our laboratory fed a number of rats a high carbohydrate, high fat diet leading them to gain abdominal weight and develop health concerns such as high blood pressure, fatty liver and problems in controlling blood sugar concentrations. We then intervened with the purple plum juice which began to reverse those problems."

The Queen Garnet plum has up to five times the levels of anthocyanins present in normal plums. This isn't the first time Professor Brown has tested the benefits of anthocyanin-rich foods. "We have studied purple carrots which also have these compounds to give the purple-red colours of the food" he said. "Anthocyanins are very effective anti-inflammatory agents and obesity is a chronic, low intensity inflammatory disorder." The new plum variety's first commercial harvest is now underway at the Good Rich Fruit Company's orchard.

The 75,000 tree orchard is expected to yield 200 tonnes of the new fruit this season, increasing in coming years. Professor Brown said the work has the potential to provide great benefits to the people of this region, increasing the value of the agricultural products. "It's great for our regional university to be involved in this collaborative project."

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