thenutritionwatchdog.com What's in your food? Discover which "healthy" foods are harming your health and which foods protect your body 
by Mike Geary – Certified Nutrition Specialist and Author of The Diabetes Fix and The Truth About Testosterone
I recently wrote a newsletter last week about how wild blueberries have powerful health benefits for your gut, inflammation, and for preventing fat gain too… Wild blueberries are even more powerful than regular blueberries for health benefits.
If you missed that newsletter, you can read it here about WILD blueberries and preventing fat gain.
But today, I want to also talk about frozen blueberries vs fresh…
You Absorb 3x More Blueberry Polyphenols from Frozen Blueberries.
Yes, it’s true… It turns out that frozen blueberries have their cell walls cracked open, which allows a type of polyphenol (anthocyanins) to be released and absorbed 3x better in your body than fresh blueberries.
If you’ve ever used frozen blueberries in yogurt or cereal, you’ll see the difference compared to fresh blueberries…
When you use frozen blueberries in yogurt for example, as the berries thaw, you’ll see streaks of blue starting to color the yogurt as you stir it. But with fresh blueberries, those blue anthocyanins stay inside the cell wall and are not absorbed as well in your body.
And those anthocyanins that are 3x better absorbed in frozen blueberries help fight inflammation in your body, while also helping prevent fat gain, and being beneficial for your heart and artery health too.
So the lesson here is that while fresh blueberries are definitely healthy, you get more significant health benefits from frozen blueberries.
Add frozen blueberries to smoothies, yogurt, oatmeal, cereal, and anything else that you love berries on!
QUIZ: Which of these snacks are terrible for your waistline?
According to leading gut health expert and former heart surgeon Dr. Steven Gundry, there’s a handful of “health snacks” that are terrible for your waistline.
One of these foods is even considered a staple in every healthy diet.
Let’s see if you can guess which one it is:
A. Sourdough Bread
B. Cottage Cheese
C. Olives
This is critical news if your goal is to have a slimmer waistline.
PS: There’s good news too… There is one simple snack that yields a power punch for your microbiome. This means a healthier digestion, less occasional bloating, and even a slimmer feeling physique. Write this name down.
