Health Benefits of Blueberries

Health Benefits of Blueberries: Good Things Come in Small Packages

They'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?

• Are anti-cancer superfoods bursting with antioxidants that fight cancer and other diseases.
• Have cholesterol lowering properties and promote heart health.
• Prevent macular degeneration.
• Promote urinary health.
• Have been called "brain food" and can help with Alzheimer's prevention.
• Can delay and reverse the signs of aging.
• Help protect circulatory health.
• Are an excellent anti-diabetes food, both in prevention and control of the disease.
• Are a perfect anti-inflammatory food.
• Help to promote and maintain digestive health.
• Aid with weight loss and a healthy diet.
• In fact, blueberry nutrition goes way beyond antioxidants...