Blueberry is a small berry with a beautiful blue fruit. The blue fruit is wrapped by 1 layer of white fruit powder, with fine pulp and tiny seeds.
Blueberry fruit is rich in nutrition, which has the functions of preventing brain aging, protecting eyesight, strengthening heart, resisting cancer, softening blood vessels and enhancing human immunity. Blueberries are not only rich in conventional nutrients, but also rich in flavonoids and polysaccharides, so they are also called "the queen of fruits" and "the king of berries".
The rich vitamin C in blueberries can prevent cancer and heart disease. Blueberries are rich in pectin, which can dilute human fat and protect cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health. In addition, blueberries are rich in antioxidants, which can delay human aging.
Anthocyanins in blueberries have strong antioxidant capacity, which can resist free radicals, delay aging and prevent cell degeneration. They have certain effects on inhibiting platelet aggregation and preventing brain diseases, arteriosclerosis and other diseases. At the same time, they can also strengthen capillaries, improve blood circulation, reduce platelet viscosity, prevent thrombosis, enhance heart and brain function, enhance children's bone density and prevent constipation. Anthocyanins in blueberries can promote the regeneration of rhodopsin in retinal cells, prevent myopia and improve vision.
The fruit of Oregon grape is an edible blueberry.
The root of Oregon grape has a different bitter taste because it contains alkaloids, including the most famous berberine. Although people who are not used to bitter herbs hate the taste of these substances at first, they are beneficial to the digestive tract and stimulate bile flow, thus playing a laxative role. In addition, it helps to prevent (sometimes relieve) constipation, diverticulosis, gallbladder disease and hemorrhoids, and can play an auxiliary role in the treatment of constipation-predominant irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
Oregon grape also has antibacterial and anticancer effects, which has attracted more and more attention of researchers and clinicians. Alkaloids such as berberine have been proved to kill a variety of microorganisms, and human experiments have shown that they can accelerate the rehabilitation of patients with Giardia infection, Candida infection, viral diarrhea and cholera.