Blueberries Help Build Strong Bones

Researchers at the United States Department of Agriculture continue to prove that blueberries¹ are a superfruit. In addition to their remarkable research showing blueberries protect and enhance the function of your brain, they have now demonstrated that blueberries can activate the formation of bone-building osteoblasts.

Rats fed a diet with added blueberry polyphenols antioxidant shown to affect cell-to-cell signaling, receptor sensitivity, inflammatory enzyme activity or gene regulation. Found in many different fruits, vegetables, red wine, grains, honey, and legumes. demonstrated “powerful bone-promoting effects” by turning on genes that enabled more osteoblasts to form and consequently much better bone density. In one of their experiments they took some blood from the blueberry-fed rats and exposed it to baby osteoblast cells.  The cells rapidly turned into fully functioning bone-building carpenter cells. The researchers concluded that “blueberry feeding revealed a mixture of simple phenolic acids that may provide a basis for developing a new treatment to increase peak bone mass and delay degenerative bone disorders such as osteoporosis.”

There are many excellent nutrients that support natural bone building. These work in harmony with your body to balance inflammation in bone, calm down excess demo crew cells known as osteoclasts Type of bone cell that removes old, damaged bone by the process bone resorption., naturally boost the function of bone-building osteoblasts, and supply needed raw materials for bone growth (calcium, vitamin D, vitamin K, vitamin D, etc). The wonders of nutrition stand in stark contrast to the highly inflammatory bisphosphonate drugs that damage bone microarchitecture while inducing swollen bone – resulting in a fraudulent appearance of better bone density when the truth of the matter is bones are being injured.