Blueberries are highly favored by female friends. Let's see the benefits of these delicious blueberries together with the editor!
The Nutrients in Blueberries
The content of trace elements in blueberries is generally higher than other fruits. The discovery of the health benefits of anthocyanins in blueberries is regarded as one of the most important discoveries in nutrition in the 20th century.
It has the effect of inhibiting high blood sugar levels in diabetic patients who need to take hypoglycemic drugs and insulin injections;
Not only can it regulate blood sugar levels and reduce insulin injections, but it can also prevent complications such as blindness and foot ulcers caused by vascular lesions.
The Benefits of Blueberries
1. Relieve eye fatigue and improve vision
The anthocyanins in blueberries are beneficial for maintaining and regulating true myopia, pseudo-myopia, and relieving eye fatigue.
It has a protective effect on eye fatigue, blurred vision, light sensitivity, dry eyes, watery eyes, as well as middle-aged vision decline and presbyopia.
2. Delay aging, enhance memory, and prevent cancer
Blueberries have a significant improvement and preventive effect on age-related transient amnesia.
They also help improve the central nervous system function in humans and other animals, thereby reversing the slowing of nerve information transmission and cognitive ability caused by aging.
3. Prevent blood clots
Blueberries can remove free radicals that harden blood vessel walls and enhance the flexibility of capillaries;
They promote the elasticity of blood vessels, prevent blood vessel rupture, and can also enhance joint and soft tissue function.
Blueberries contain abundant flavonoids, which have the function of inhibiting platelet coagulation, preventing the formation of blood clots, and reducing the occurrence of arteriosclerosis.
4. Prevent complications of diabetes
Because diabetic patients have high levels of free radicals in their bodies, they are at increased risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease, stroke, and other diseases;
Long-term supplementation of anthocyanins and other antioxidants can reduce free radicals in the body, significantly improve the symptoms of diabetes, and also have a preventive effect on chronic diseases caused by diabetes.
Tips for Eating Blueberries
1. Make blueberry jam
Blueberries can also be made into blueberry jam for consumption;
When making it, choose fresh and ripe blueberries, wash them with clean water, and put them in a bowl;
Add sugar and marinate for two hours, then put them in a food processor to puree;
After taking it out, put it in a pot, add a suitable amount of lemon juice, boil it, and then simmer it into a thick sauce. After cooling, it becomes homemade blueberry jam.
2. Make fruit salad
Fresh blueberries can also be used to make fruit salads. When using blueberries to make fruit salads, wash them in advance and cut them in half with a fruit knife, then take half a dragon fruit;
Take out the flesh and cut it into small dices, then add other fruits according to your taste and mix them together quickly;
Put them in a plate and drizzle with salad dressing. A colorful and delicious blueberry salad is ready to be eaten.
