Blueberry: A Superfruit

We all know that we should be eating at least 5 portions of fruit and vegetables each day to provide enough vitamins and minerals to keep our bodies functioning healthily and on top form. It is important to eat healthy, nutritious foods to help our bodies fight disease and infections and even chronic disease.

So what if I was to tell you that the humble and often overlooked "blueberry" came out on top during a study examining the antioxidant content of 60 fruits and vegetables? Shocked? Stunned? Amazed? I certainly was. How can such a small blueberry contain so many antioxidants?

This means that blueberries can help protect us from all sorts of diseases. Studies have shown that fruits and vegetables high in antioxidants are extremely good at protecting us from degenerative diseases such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, heart diseases, high blood pressure, muscular degeneration, brain disease and many more chronic illnesses.

Blueberries are high in Vitamin C and Vitamin E, which also help to combat illness and disease. Scientists even think that blueberries cold help tackle bowel disease and colon cancer as well as fight urinary tract infections.
A diet high in fruit and vegetables is important in fighting disease because of the free radical destroying antioxidants present. Scientists do recommend that we eat the whole fruit rather than just drink the juice or take blueberry extract capsules as it is not fully known which part of the blueberry contains all the nutrients and antioxidant's, just that they do!

So go on, make blueberries part of your daily diet and offer your body the protection it deserves!