RSS SubscribeThe Health Benefits of Blueberries—and the Best Ways to Eat Them
By Kirsten Nunez – Martha Stewart
Equal parts juicy and sweet, blueberries are one of the most popular fruits in the produce aisle. They’re also deliciously versatile and can be easily incorporated into baked goods, drinks, and savory dishes, just to name a few. What’s more, blueberries have been touted as a superfood for years, thanks to their impressive list of health benefits.
To better understand what makes blueberries so good for you, we checked in with nutrition and cooking experts. Here, they share everything you need to know about blueberries—including their biggest health benefits, storage tips, and best applications in the kitchen.
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So much nutritional information fails to consider the basics of pharmacology.
Blueberries contain stilbenes which can have a variety of biological properties, including antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer properties. The problem is that to get any health benefit, you would need to eat 10kg of blueberries in a serve.
Blueberries are also reportedly sources of antioxidants and anthocyanins are often mentioned. Unfortunately, these are highest in the skin whereas the berry flesh and juice is high in bad sugars (fructose and sucrose) and water along with the tiny seeds. Not much nutrition again.
Wild blueberries are vastly superior as they have far less sugar and being much smaller, the skin becomes a more relevant contribution to the edible portion. Choose these if you can.
And lastly, avoid adding blueberries to dairy or fresh banana as casein in the first and a destructive enzyme in the banana renders any antioxidants unavailable to us and there’s no point to eating the mixtures apart from the taste.
Pharmacology matters and health professionals recommending caution with drug/herb interactions could do well to learn a little biochemistry with our food combinations and provide better guidance than is commonly given.