UpdatedTrends.com:Â Blueberries are delicious and a great addition to your oatmeal, smoothies and sweet treats, but besides their amazing taste, they also have an impressive number of health benefits. In case you needed more reasons why blueberries should be on your menu on a regular basis, here are 4 of them.
1. Eye health – Blueberries contain high levels of vitamin A, which helps in protecting your eyesight and is known to prevent loss of vision in old age.
2. Heart health – This great fruit gets its beautiful blue color from anthocyanins, a flavonoid which is able to improve your cardiovascular health, in addition to countering the build up of plaque. Blueberries, as well as strawberries might also be particularly good for the heart health of women.
3. Cancer prevention – Besides improving your heart health, anthocyanins are also helpful for cancer prevention. The antioxidants found in blueberries and anthocyanins combined are able to help in stopping the growth of cancerous cells and inhibition chances in women when consuming blueberries regularly can be as high as 50%.
4. Bladder health – Blueberries contain the same substances and compounds as cranberries, which help in preventing bacteria from sticking to the wall of your bladder. Also, as they are high in antioxidants, this will help in reducing the symptoms of UTIs.
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