Wild Blueberries as Anti-Inflammatory Food

Why Blueberries are the Best Anti-Inflammatory Food

Okay, so Blueberries are an anti-inflammatory food. What the heck's wrong with a bit of inflammation in the first place?

According to scientists, it's to blame for what ails us.

Inflammation is an immune response, and initially anyway, it's a good thing.

Inflammation is your immune system's reaction to imminent disease or infection. It stimulates your body to heal itself and kills germs. But when we continually bombard our systems with junk and convenience food immune response inflammation gets confused, goes into overdrive and becomes destructive.

Chronic inflammation is the result, and that's not good.

Scientists now believe rampant chronic inflammation can encourage diseases like cancer, heart disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's, diabetes, and lupus.

Doctors recommend a healthy diet rich in Omega 3 oils and green leafy vegetables (in fact lots of vegetables), whole grains, flax, oily fish - and blueberries.

The formula: Omega 6 oil bad (found in junk and convenience food), Omega 3 oil (and wholesome natural foods) good.

Many of the health benefits of blueberries are interlinked; their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties work together as a potent disease-busting team:

Anti-cancer, anti-aging, anti-diabetes, anti-heart disease, anti-Alzheimer's, anti-cholesterol.

Not bad for one berry.