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Berries are useful for your brain. This includes all of the innumerable varieties of berries for example blueberries, boysenberries, cranberries, purple grapes, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries and acai berries. Berries are excessive in antioxidants and they are specially great in a powerful antioxidant. This antioxidant is actually the deep dark pigment that gives berries their bright colors.

Research has verified that berries defend the brain from oxidative stress and inflammation both of which play a part significantly to brain aging. Scientific research has shown that a diet above what is usual in the antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents found in berries lessens the risk of increasing age-related diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

Animal studies have shown that berry extracts enhance memory. In a experiment on rats, the rats that were given the berry extracts did better in maze tests than the control unit.

In another study rats were given the comparable berry supplementation that would be equal in human use to one cup daily for two months. It was found that the motor functions of coordination, balance and memory showed impressive improvement. Berries were also shown to be efficient in reversing motor behavior deficits.

It has also been established that berries help your improve the good cholesterol, HDL. They lower inflammatory markers and thin the blood in an outcome that is parallel to aspirin. Berries are beneficial for your brain and your heart and circulatory system.

Of all the healthy berries, one of the healthiest is the acai berry from the acai palm tree in the rainforest’s of Brazil. This little berry has one of the utmost antioxidant contents of any food found in nature. It is not possible to find this berry in a fresh and unprocessed state outside of Brazil because this berry is exceedingly perishable. However, you can still enjoy the benefits of it because you can find it in a processed form in juices, smoothie mixes, a assortment of powdered forms and extracts and even in a pill or capsule form. Just make sure that it is processed with a freeze-dried method to maintain the nutrients.

Blueberries, cranberries and blackberries are also listed as some of the highest-ranking antioxidant foods. You can find these berries fresh in season just about anywhere and you can also get them in frozen form, which is very often just as healthy as fresh, since the nutrients are locked in place during the freezing process.

Many of the difficulties of aging such as age-related dementia and Alzheimer’s disease can be prevented with the add-on of healthful and nutritious berries to your every day nutritional regime.