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Blueberries for Your Memory and Bones

Sunday, July 20, 2008 - Byron J. Richards, CCN
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Blueberries continue to rack up their impressive credentials as the top superfood fruit in the world.  Now is the season – eat all the fresh organic blueberries you can lay your hands on.  News studies show that blueberries can rejuvenate your memory cells and protect your bones from bone loss.

Over a 12 week period blueberry-supplemented aged animals made significant improvements in memory-related performance tasks.  Blueberries helped restore brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) in the hippocampus (memory region of the brain).  BDNF is the critical final step in your brain’s ability to stimulate new brain cell production, the key not only to memory but also to depression and general brain anti-aging.  Blueberries now join pantethine with clear documentation in this important area.  And this exciting information follows closely on the heels of grape seed extract being able to reduce the formation of Alzheimer’s plaque.

In another blueberry experiment rats had their ovaries removed, and one group was supplemented with blueberries.  The non-supplemented rats with ovaries removed lost 6% of their bone density, while the blueberry supplemented rats actually gained bone density.  In fact, the blueberry rats did better than the control group (rats who still had ovaries but got no blueberries). 

Start thinking about the power of the blue!

Related Entries: Blueberries Reduce Insulin Resistance & Fat Cell Inflammation
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