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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsTo everyone on DU - Eat those Blueberries - We need your brainpower
"According to Wikipedia, one cup of raw blueberries delivers about 9,000 ORAC (oxygen radical absorption capability) units. This is almost double the USDA daily recommended antioxidant dosage of 5,000 ORAC units the average person needs to fight harmful free radicals daily. However, due to the seasonality of blueberries, getting one cup of blueberries into your daily diet may be different. If you cant find fresh blueberries, consider the frozen fruit or wild blueberry capsules made with blueberry extra"
Also - two groups of animal studies (Blueberry & control group)
The blueberry group.....demonstrated improved memory skills and learning ability as they navigated and remembered their way through the test mazes. In addition, once the study was completed the researchers found the brain tissue of the control group contained higher amounts of dopamine when compared to the other groups. Dopamine assists with controlled movements, memory function and problem solving
Had a blueberry patch in a former house and had to fight the birds off for them. Loved picking them and eating them fresh off the bush.
http://worldtruth.tv/protect-against-brain-aging-with-this-tiny-fruit/
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To everyone on DU - Eat those Blueberries - We need your brainpower (Original Post)
packman
Jul 2016
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pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)1. You, too, can be as smart as a lab rat!
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)2. Or as smart as my parrot.
rug
(82,333 posts)3. I ate two blueberry pop tarts today.
applegrove
(118,691 posts)4. Wild blueberries or those larger ones. Cause they are very different. Wild
blueberries are mostly only available frozen. Plus they are blue all the way through.
Laffy Kat
(16,383 posts)5. Never could stand blueberries.
But I am so convinced how good they are for you I started forcing myself. Now, I like 'em ok. Yes, eat your blueberries.
surrealAmerican
(11,362 posts)6. We don't need to absorb those free radicals ...
... we are those free radicals!
That said, I love blueberries. They're a major benefit of summer.