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
Author of the best seller: The Fat Burning Kitchen & The Top 101 Foods that FIGHT Aging
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!
While blueberries contain some unique anti-inflammatory phytochemicals, there’s ONE food below that might be the MOST powerful…
Do you wake up in the morning with stiff joints or pain in your hips, back, knees or elbows? Then chances are you’re feeling the effects of chronic inflammation taking its toll on your body.
The good news is that it is NEVER too late to help get this under control. And the best part is there are certain foods that help you do this naturally, without the need for prescriptions medications.
3-Sec Quiz: What is the #1 Anti-inflammatory Food?
A: Cherries
B: Pineapple
C: Cacao
D: Black Pepper
E: Other
Make your selection above or click here to skip straight to the answer.
Remember, it’s NEVER too late to get chronic inflammation under control. You just need to know how to do it.
