Juice from Wild Blueberries Can Boost Children's Brainpower

We all want our children to do well in school, and we do our best to facilitate their academic success. It’s important for children have plenty of rest from a good night’s sleep in addition to maintaining a healthy diet.

Led by Prof. Claire Williams, British researchers from Reading University have recently found that juice from wild blueberries boosts children’s ability to concentrate and remember. Tests performed on over 20 children ages 7-10 indicated that children have better word recollection, task performance, and concentration after consuming drinks made with blueberries. Stronger concentrations of blueberries produced better results in this study.

In recent years, it has become common knowledge that blueberries are full of vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants. Anthocyanins in blueberries are flavonoids that act as antioxidants which are instrumental in fighting off free radicals, components that can cause cancer. The success of the studies is attributed to the anthocyanins which are known to be responsible for improved blood flow to the brain and increased brain function. Future studies will be conducted to see if blueberries can help increase reading skills or possibly curb ADHD.

Scientists have known for a while that the nutrition in blueberries has been able to help adults with memory and cognitive skills, and they are pleased to learn that blueberries might be helpful for children in a similar fashion. The nutrition advisor to the Wild Blueberry Association of North America, Kit Broihier, said in a statement. “Now we can see that wild blueberries may also provide cognitive benefits to young people. And it’s easy for parents to integrate wild blueberries into their children’s diets by simply adding them into a morning smoothie.”

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Anthocyanin (Wikipedia)

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