Health Benefits of Blueberries
Good Things Come in Small Blue PackagesThey're blue, they're delicious, and it seems like every other day the media reports new health benefits of blueberries.
All blueberries are nutritional powerhouses - but wild blueberries, if you can get them (and they're increasingly available frozen in your supermarket), are the ones to go for. A 2004 USDA study ranked wild blueberries as the number one anti-oxidant fruit, with 48% more antioxidants than the cultivated (farmed) berry. Anti-oxidants fight free radicals in the body, which help build your immunity. So what can blueberries do for you?
In short, they taste fab and are wonderful for you. Go eat some now! How do YOU Blueberry?How do you take your blueberries? Frozen and blended into your smoothie? In a supplement? Or in a jam spread on your toast every morning? What Other Visitors Have SaidClick below to see contributions from other visitors to this page... Blueberry cereal I buy my blueberries at my local groceries, refrigerated, and put them in my breakfast granola cereal. Umm mmm good!
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Picking Blueberries in Maine
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Wild Blueberries Smoothies
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Blueberry Picking
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