BLUEBERRIES

HISTORY OF BLUEBERRIES

• During the 1860's, blueberries were used as paint
• Native to North American landscape
• Maine is the blueberry production capital of North America
• Blueberries were used for medical purposes, like persistent coughs
• I discovered over 13,000 years ago

HEALTH BENEFITS OF BLUEBERRIES

• Blueberries are now linked with prevention of cancer
• helps our brain cells communicate more effectively
• helps with the aging of the brain, including dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.

HOW TO FIT BLUEBERRIES IN YOUR DIET

• You can put blueberries in yogurt
• You can make homemade blueberry pancakes
• Eat raw
• You can put them in a salad

SOME NUTRIENTS

• Vitamin E-Improved immune function, lowers risk of heart attack
• Salicylic Acid- helps with skin care
• Fiber-helps digestion
• Folate- helps with a healthy pregnancy, and lessens risk of colon cancer,

BLUEBERRIES SIDEKICKS

• Purple grapes
• Stawberries
• Blackberries

FUN FACTS!

• American poet, Robert Frost, loved blueberries so he wrote a poem about them.
• Blueberries are one of the only natural foods that are truly blue in color.
• July is national blueberry month

Blueberries by Robert Frost:
'You ought to have seen what I saw on my way To the village, through Mortenson's pasture to-day: Blueberries as big as the end of your thumb, Real sky-blue, and heavy, and ready to drum In the cavernous pail of the first one to come! And all ripe together, not some of them green And some of them ripe! You ought to have seen! '

CITATIONS

• http://www.superfoodsrx.com/superfoods/blueberries/
• http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/blueberries-4/
• http://www.2020site.org/fun-facts/Blueberry-Fun-Facts.html
• Webmd.com
• http://www.dole.com/Recipes/Berry-Smoothie