Evidence from a new review published in the International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition describes how berries could have the potential to influence cognitive function in people of all ages. In children and young adults, blueberry studies have...
Health properties of berries
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How raspberries can help reverse the ageing process
In the study, 60 older adults in good health were given either a placebo, 250, 500 or 1000mg oral dose of UA daily over four weeks. The results were potentially game changing – the higher doses helped to create more muscle cells in a similar way that...
Consuming your 5-a-day, including berries, could give mental wellbeing a boost
While we’re all trying to stay positive at home, diet and healthy eating can play a huge part in mental wellbeing. New research suggests that getting your 5-a-day has beneficial effects on mental health. We know that berries are mini powerhouses,...
Spread Berry Jams for a Touch of Nutritional Goodness
As well as being naturally sweet and delicious, berries also provide abundant vitamins, minerals and plenty of bioactive goodies such as flavonoids, phenolics, anthocyanins and phenolic acids,[1] so it’s no wonder why they make up an increasing proportion of...
Berries for Wound Healing? New Science Suggests Important Potential Benefits
New research published in the journal of Food Research International[1] has revealed that berries, especially strawberries and blackberries, could help wound healing. For centuries, honey has been used for wound healing[2], but the latest research suggests that...
Berry Anthocyanins and Gut Health
Latest evidence shows that anthocyanins (plant-pigments that give fruits such as berries their distinct blue/red colouration) are metabolised in the gut. This, in turn, is thought to cause a shift in the type and amount of bacteria that are housed in...
The effects of acute wild blueberry supplementation on the cognition of 7–10-year-old schoolchildren
For the full paper from the European Journal of Nutrition please download the document by clicking on the PDF icon next to the article title.
Berry Anthocyanins can give Heart Health a Boost
Over half of all cardiovascular episodes could be prevented by improved diet which is reflected in fruit and vegetable dietary guidelines.[1],[2] Now a new review published in Molecular Aspects of Medicine[3]has pinpointed that eating...
Blackberries – Good for Gut Health?
Now, new research[2]published in the Food Chemistryjournal has looked into blackberries and how these could affect human gut microbiota. In the study a blackberry homogenate mixture was placed into a test tube and underwent what resembled...
Blueberries show brain-boosting promise for children
Children spend around 30 hours a week at school concentrating, learning and absorbing new information. Interestingly, new research published in the European Journal of Nutrition[1]has found that eating blueberries could have cognitive (brain) benefits for...
Could eating raspberries help people with diabetes?
Around 4.7 million people in the UK currently have diabetes and if nothing changes these figures are projected to rise to 5.5 million by 2030.[1] Of those with diabetes in the UK, about 90% have type 2 diabetes. This is a condition in which the...
Eating strawberries and blackberries could help narrow the UK folate gap
Folate, also known as vitamin B9 is an important water-soluble vitamin that needs to be obtained from the diet to support good health.[1]Folate status has been linked to cardiovascular and cognitive wellbeing and has a crucial role to play in women of...
Berry anthocyanin intake and cardiovascular health
For the full paper from Molecular Aspects of Medicine 61 please download the document by clicking on the PDF icon next to the article title.
Berries can significantly reduce cardiovascular disease
The new review, published in Molecular Aspects of Medicine, [1]found that incorporating a few portions of fruits rich in anthocyanin, such as berries, into the diet could help to significantly reduce cardiovascular disease risk, including strokes, fatal...