They reward a Rosario who studies how the yerba companion affects the bones

Lucas Brun is a scientist and researcher at Conicet in Rosario and, from the Laboratory of Biology Bone of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the National University of this city, is studying the effect of yerba mate on the bones.

As disclosed by the
Conicet, the American Society for Research on Bone and Minerals – ASBMR, for its acronym in English (American Society for Os and Mineral Research) – crowned it the "2018 ASBMR Rising Star Awards."

Brun explained the work he's doing with his team. "We evaluate the effect of combined form components, the effect of a yerba mate with greater antioxidant capacity in an in vivo model and further studies will be conducted to evaluate oxidative stress parameters tending to study the possible mechanism of action. " [19659006] The Conicet clarified that the US entity gives three such awards to researchers from his country and two, to people from the rest of the world and explained the importance of recognition: "This award provides the granting of funds that will allow Brun and his team to advance in his project, which aims to demonstrate the positive effects of the ingestion of mate, the Argentine infusion par excellence, in the bone structure of people. "

According to a study published in 2015, Brun and his team concluded that" bone mineral density and the number of trabeculae in the bone were higher in animals than the animals that received the ". infusion of yerba mate "

The following year, they received a grant from the National Institute of Yerba Mate (INYM) and in 2017 from the National Agency for Scientific and Technological Advancement (ANPCyT) The same year, Brun presented the results of a congress orga ASBMR nized in the city of Denver, in the US State of Colorado