There is nothing like a daily helping of tasty, juicy blueberry fruit to keep our organism healthy and in tiptop condition. 140 g of blueberry fruit contains only 1 g of fat, and even this comes in the form of HDL, a healthy compound that our organism needs to function properly. Blueberry fruit, however, not only does not contain “bad” cholesterol LDL, but its phytoestrogens actually help reduce it. These are a good source of vitamin C and iron – 140 g of blueberry fruit meets 2% of our daily iron requirement and 15% of our daily vitamin C requirement. Blueberry’s high vitamin A content has a benefical effct on eyesight. As if all that were not enough, 140 g of blueberry fruit contains around 7 grams of fibre, which plays an important role in the functioning of our digestive system to remove toxins from the body by fostering the proliferation of benign bacteria in the intestines and improving their peristalsis.
Blueberry fruit has a high nutritious value as it contains potassium, calcium, phosphorus and magnesium as well as vitamins like niacin and riboflavin.