LOOV Organic Wild Blueberry Powder, Wild-Crafted from Nordic Forests, 100% Whole Fruit Bilberry, 35-Day Supply, 171 g, Freeze-Dried and Powdered Blueberries, No Added Sugar

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Moreno-Vilet, L.; Garcia-Hernandez, M.H.; Delgado-Portales, R.E.; Corral-Fernandez, N.E.; Cortez-Espinosa, N.; Ruiz-Cabrera, M.A.; Portales-Perez, D.P. In vitro assessment of agave fructans (Agave salmiana) as prebiotics and immune system activators. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2014, 63, 181–187. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef] [ PubMed] Keywords: Blueberry plants, flavonoids, anthocyanins, healthy aging, cognition, cognitive function, vascular endothelium, cerebrovascular circulation In summary – blueberry powder vs fresh blueberries: Fresh blueberries are available only seasonally, whereas blueberry powder is available all year-round. 5. Storage

Whilst the results are promising, there were no significant effects on stiffness index, diastolic blood pressure or pulse rate. Stiffness index may be more likely to change following chronic flavonoid intervention and a more sensitive measure of vascular reactivity such as FMD (flow mediated dilatation) may be more appropriate for acute supplementation. Indeed, Rodriguez-Mateos et al. have shown that acute supplementation with blueberry [ 30] and cranberry-derived flavonoids [ 56] in healthy men resulted in increased FMD response which was associated with plasma concentration of flavonoid metabolites. Also, Whyte et al. [ 24] have recently reported an isolated effect of a blueberry intervention on systolic blood pressure and no effect on any other vascular measures in older adults. The reason for this is currently unclear but may be related to the impact of flavonoids on cell signalling pathways associated with specific vascular outcomes. Benefits to peripheral vascular health are important as this could result in increased cerebral blood flow, for example through improved vascular reactivity, which has implications for brain and cognitive function [ 57]. Add powdered blueberries to dry muffin or cake mix; then add water, milk, and other wet ingredients and mix. If you’re baking a cake from scratch, you can use frozen blueberries with the powdered extract. You can use a few fresh blueberries as a topping or put a few in the batter. Despite increasing evidence to suggest that cognitive benefits in older adults following acute flavonoid supplementation are more likely to be in the form of improvements to memory [ 1], the positive effects of a blueberry beverage on a test of executive ability in the current study supports research such as that of Miller et al. [ 36], who report that older adults improved on measures of executive function following blueberry supplementation compared to those in the placebo group. However, this was after chronic intake over a similar time frame to the study by Whyte et al. [ 24]. Taken together, this suggests that in addition to the benefits to episodic memory evident following flavonoid supplementation, it is also possible to see improvement in other cognitive domains. Bas-Bellver, C.; Barrera, C.; Betoret, N.; Seguí, L. Turning agri-food cooperative vegetable residues into functional powdered ingredients for the food industry. Sustainability 2020, 12, 1284. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef][ Green Version]It is important to understand that a small bag that contains 85g of blueberry powder may contain an equal of 850g of fresh blueberries. Therefore, the price may seem high at first, but considering the number of servings and nutritional value each serving has, the blueberry powder is actually a better value for money than fresh blueberries. Thus, the price per serving is actually very low, compared to buying fresh berries. Lastly, the price of a blueberry powder remains the same throughout the year, whereas the price of fresh blueberries fluctuates quite a lot.

Aly, A.A.; Ali, H.G.M.; Eliwa, N.E.R. Phytochemical screening, anthocyanins and antimicrobial activities in some berries fruits. J. Food Meas. Charact. 2019, 13, 911–920. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef]

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et al. Enhancing dentate gyrus function with dietary flavanols improves cognition in older adults. Nature Neuroscience. (2014) ;17: (12):1798–803. Many people choose to use powered blueberries instead of fresh blueberries since fresh blueberries do not last all that long. Blueberries and their powdered version, have a high Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity (ORAC) value. The ORAC scale measures a food’s ability to absorb and destroy harmful free radicals. Blueberries contain anthocyanins, which are flavonoids that may protect against cancer.

The Powder Blue Blueberry is the most attractive of the rabbit eye varieties. It blooms with white bell-shaped flowers, color-changing berries as you enter the ripening season, and red and yellow foliage in fall before they drop. This plant is a veritable feast for the eyes throughout the year. Chilling Level Whilst there was no significant effect of the intervention for the other cognitive tasks in the test battery, studies such as that of Boespflug et al. [ 37] have demonstrated physiological effects of flavonoids on the brain in older adults with mild cognitive impairment, in the absence of a behavioural effect for a specific cognitive task, which could explain the non-significant behavioural findings for some of the tasks in the current study. In addition, Igwe et al. [ 38] supplemented younger and older adults with anthocyanin-rich plum juice and found benefits to vascular parameters such as reduced blood pressure, but no cognitive effects. Therefore, compared to physiological effects, behavioural benefits to cognitive performance following flavonoid supplementation may be more subtle and difficult to detect. As such, it is essential that future research efforts should continue to optimise the sensitivity of cognitive measures. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is a neurotrophin which is involved in activity-dependent synaptic plasticity and plays an important role in learning and memory [ 52]. Flavonoid-induced increases in circulating BDNF is therefore another potential mechanism of action and in the present study the blueberry beverage appeared to attenuate the decline in plasma concentration seen following consumption of the control beverage, albeit not significantly. BDNF concentration can reduce during the day in men [ 53] which could be a contributing factor to the reduction in concentration seen post consumption of the control beverage. Seeing as this protein is associated with memory and learning, the relative maintenance of plasma concentration of BDNF following the blueberry beverage is therefore a physiological benefit. Favourable effects have also been reported elsewhere, with studies in rodents demonstrating flavonoid induced increases in BDNF in the hippocampus, an area of the brain associated with memory processes, following blueberry supplementation [ 20–54]. Furthermore, a recent human intervention study reported increased serum levels of BDNF following flavonoid supplementation which were correlated with improved global cognitive function [ 55]. Re, R.; Pellegrini, N.; Proteggente, A.; Pannala, A.; Yang, M.; Rice-Evans, C. Antioxidant activity applying an improved ABTS radical cation decolorization assay. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 1999, 26, 1231–1237. [ Google Scholar] [ CrossRef]The shelf life of powdered blueberries is much longer than fresh ones. If you lead a busy life, you may not have time to eat fresh blueberries before they “go bad.” The best powders have a shelf life of 12 to 18 months if kept in an airtight container in a dry kitchen cabinet. Ramírez, A.; Delahaye, E.P. Propiedades funcionales de harinas altas en fibra dietética obtenidas de piña, guayaba y guanábana. Asoc. Intercienc. 2009, 34, 293–298. [ Google Scholar] In addition, the nutritional value of berry powders directly reflects the use of whole berries, or parts of the fruit. In other words, berry powders made of juice or that remove the skin of the berry do not have as high nutritional value as the ones that use the whole berries. An example of premium quality berry powder is the Arctic Flavors wild blueberry powder. Hot air drying is the most primitive form of drying fresh fruit. Because of the high heat and long time needed to produce the powdered fruit, this results in the lowest quality. Nutrients are lost, the taste is compromised, and the texture changes. If one were to supplement with blueberry powder, I would not recommend using this form. Microwave Drying However, the bioactive compounds in blueberries appear to outweigh any negative impact of the sugar when it comes to managing blood sugar.