Blueberries are so good, they actually reverse the aging process. The body starts rebuilding it's own nerve cells.
Japan did an antioxidant study on blueberries, strawberries, and spinach. To their surprise, the older rats being fed nothing but blueberry extract became youthful again. The Japanese study was on the net for a short while, then pulled. We tried to order blueberry plants in bulk after that, but Japan had bought out every blueberry plant in the U.S. that year. After that, there was no mention of it from Japan.
If you google "blueberries reverse aging process", you'll find numerous links, but the original report can no longer be found. I printed it before it disappeared, so I do have a copy of it.
Perhaps this will get buried by the corn and wheat industries? I thought sorgum was also used as a sweetener.
VERY interesting information.
I hurt my back several years ago. I thought it had healed, but recently, started having trouble again. I went from hiking 6 miles a day to hardly being able to walk with out pain. Out of desperation, I went to a chiropractor who does physical therapy, hoping he could show me ways to build my back muscles up, or something.
He told me to change my diet to an anti-inflammatory diet. I’ve always been a big vegetable eater, so it’s not been too hard (cutting out salt and sugar, not so easy). It’s only been about 3 weeks. If anti-aging, anti-oxidants and anti-inflammatory properties are all contained in one little blueberry, I’m in. They taste really good, too. Do they have to be fresh blueberries or can dried blueberries work?
There are other foods that are higher in anti-oxidants. Google strawberries for instance.