| Blueberries have a taste that is perhaps a bit | | | | cognitive abilities were sharper. |
| bittersweet, but can also be delicious. If you add | | | | One cup of blueberries is also high in Vitamin C, |
| them to cereals, with a bit of sugar or better yet, | | | | and in fact, you get at least 30 percent of your |
| Nutrasweet, they add a great taste. This fruit is | | | | required daily C from this fruit source. Vitamin C, |
| an autumn fruit, though you can buy them frozen | | | | which is essential to our health, helps the immune |
| anytime which is just about as nutritionally | | | | system to fight off viruses of many types. |
| beneficial as fresh from the market. | | | | Fiber in one cup of blueberries is nearly 4 grams. |
| This fruit has a lot of great nutritional goodness in | | | | Fiber is a source which gives us the required |
| it. One cup of blueberries is around 80 calories, | | | | roughage we need to maintain regularity on a daily |
| and packed with many antioxidants. One of the | | | | basis. |
| most powerful antioxidants found in blueberries is | | | | Blueberries also have certain properties which help |
| known as anthocyanidins. Anthocyanidins are a | | | | to fight off urinary tract infections. It is the juice |
| phytonutrient that is capable of helping blood | | | | of blueberries that will counteract E.coli, one of the |
| vessel health, and therefore, helps to prevent a | | | | main bacterias in urinary tract infections. |
| stroke as well as helping to protect you against | | | | Ovarian cancers can possibly be prevented by |
| damages from free radicals which cause various | | | | eating a steady diet of blueberries. This is due to |
| diseases. Anthocyanidins have also been strongly | | | | the fact that there is Kaempferol in this fruit. |
| proven to play a role in eyesight improvement | | | | Kaempferol, defined as a flavonoid, has qualities of |
| and cuts down on age-related macular | | | | a medicinal nature which helps to stop ovarian |
| degeneration. | | | | cancers from starting to begin with. |
| New research has also shown a great possibility | | | | So in summary here, this fruit does many great |
| that anthocyanidins may help brain power and | | | | things if eaten regularly. To get your allowance of |
| slow down the rate at which Alzheimer's Disease | | | | this fruit into your daily diet, try putting them into |
| progresses. The reason for this phytochemical | | | | smoothies with non-fat vanilla yogurt, or place |
| working against Alzheimer's Disease is yet to be | | | | them on your cereals. And as you do so, you will |
| known, but certain evidence has shown older | | | | see health benefits in a lot of ways. |
| folks to have better brain power and as a result, | | | | |