Medical Benefits of Blueberries

Blueberries are rich in color and delicious to eat, one by one, in a tasty dessert, or in a breakfast pancake. But do you know all the health benefits that come from eating this tasty, tiny berry?

Rich in Antioxidants

Antioxidants protect your body from damaging effects of free radicals and life-long diseases, concerned with the aging process. Blueberries provide more antioxidants than most other fruits and vegetables.

Prevention of Cancer

Blueberries may prevent cancer because they contain Anthocyanin, which is the pigment that makes blueberries a dark color. Anthocyanin helps neutralize the disastrous effects of the free radicals.

Prevention of Heart Disease

Blueberries may also lower your risk of cholesterol and heart disease since they contain the compound Pterostilbene. Pterostilbene has shown potential to be used to lower cholesterol, lower risks of obesity, and prevent heart disease.

Preventing of Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)

Blueberries have proanthocyanidins, a compound that may prevent E Coli, one cause of UTIs, from sticking itself to the walls of your Urinary Tract.

Improvement of Short-term Memory

If you eat a diet rich in blueberries, you may be able reverse some declines in the normal aging process. Eating blueberries can help the chemical pathways involved in changing short-term memory to long-term memory.

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