Wild Blue Yonder: Health magazine
picks the Wild Ones

Wild Blueberries are the healthy food focus of Health Magazine’s August 2006 issue. In a story entitled “Wild Blue Yonder,” author Frances A. Largeman, RD, recounts a visit to the barrens near Bar Harbor, Maine, where she discovers the “intense, tangy-sweet flavor and supercharged health benefits” of Wild Blueberries. Commenting on the many ways Wild Blueberries differ from the cultivated kind, Largeman cites USDA antioxidant research ranking Wild Blueberries as the number-one antioxidant fruit, with a score of more than 13,000 for total antioxidant capacity. In comparison, cultivated blueberries score around 9,000 (for comparison, Gala apples come in at 3,900).

Antioxidants, notes Largeman, “not only help scavenge the free radicals in your body that cause aging, but they can also fight inflammation, which is one of the main causes of diseases like arthritis and cancer.” Largeman recommends buying Wild Blueberries fresh in late summer and frozen from the supermarket year-round. The article includes several blueberry recipes — according to Largeman, “some of our favorite (and tastiest) ways to stay young.”

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