Over the past five years tons of media attention has been paid to the blueberry because of its health giving properties. Personally, I love blueberries and I eat them fairly often. There is a better choice, though...at least for pure antioxidant value.
The new berries on the block are likely to be black or purple…not blue.
1. Unlike many of their fairer skinned counterparts, there is real science and real clinical usage (doctors treating diseases) for them.
2. When berries are taken into the lab and tested for their strength and ability to destroy bad chemicals in our body called "free radicals", the King of the free radical killers turns out to be the Chokeberry, with Black Currant and Elderberry right behind.
3. And, no matter how you slice them, or juice them, they beat blueberries, cherries, pomegranates, Noni, Mangosteena, and all the other fruits and berries hands down.
They are the premier antioxidants.
Why is this important?
A recent study done on aging at the University of Washington Medical School showed that if you could increase the level of antioxidants your body produces naturally, you could drastically slow the aging process.
There are a few problems that plague these berries, however, and these are the reasons you won't see them in the stores any time soon.
They have to be harvested quickly, only grow in certain places, don't stand up well to travel and in the case of chokeberries, they just don't taste very good!
Fortunately, supplement manufactures are beginning to recognize the value of these berries and integrate them into their formulations.
Ultimately this will make them available to many more people in a way that bypasses the difficulties with growing and distributing them.
In the meantime just remember blueberries may not be the ultimate healthy berry!
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