| | | | | Benefits::Heart & Circulatory System |
| Here, you can find out about the bilberry health | | | | There may be bilberry health benefits to the |
| benefits and learn a little more about the plant. | | | | heart and circulatory system, but it is the visual |
| Berries, of all kinds, contain unique antioxidants. | | | | benefit that is currently driving sales of bilberry |
| These antioxidants are responsible for the deep | | | | herbal supplements. For those people that want |
| beautiful colors of the fruits. Most experts | | | | bilberry health benefits, but can't find them at |
| recommend adding more berries to your diet. | | | | their local grocers, these supplements are a simple |
| But, bilberries are not readily available in many | | | | solution. The reason for their rarity is that they |
| areas of the world. | | | | are much more difficult to cultivate than |
| The berries are found growing in damp, acidic soils | | | | blueberries and bushes produce only small |
| throughout the temperate and subarctic regions. | | | | amounts each year. |
| They are closely related to the North American | | | | Benefits::Cancer |
| blueberries and huckleberries, which are of the | | | | One of the bilberry benefits may be a reduced |
| same genus. The easiest way to distinguish | | | | cancer risk. Most antioxidants have been shown |
| between the blueberry and the bilberry is that the | | | | in laboratory studies, animal models and human |
| bilberries occur in single or pairs on the bush, | | | | clinical trials to have an anti-cancer effect. As I |
| rather than clusters. The fruit is also smaller and | | | | mentioned, the bilberry eye health benefits for |
| darker, appearing nearly black. The inner flesh is | | | | preventing and reversing macular degeneration |
| red or purple, while that of the blueberry is light | | | | are currently driving sales, but many people are |
| green. | | | | also interested in the prevention of cancer and |
| Bilberry tea is a good substitute for eating the | | | | heart disease. |
| fresh berry. Several companies provide this | | | | Best Use of Bilberry |
| type of tea. It is created by using the dried | | | | If you like bilberry tea, go ahead and drink it. |
| fruit. It is a caffeine-free beverage, with a fruity | | | | You might want to use it to wash down a |
| taste that herbal tea lovers find delicious. | | | | multi-nutritional supplement that contains the |
| Benefits:: Eyes, Digestive System | | | | extract. Single ingredient bilberry herbal |
| Primarily, bilberry benefits the eyes and the | | | | supplements are not nearly as beneficial as |
| digestive system. The bilberry health benefits | | | | multi-nutritional ones. There is only so much that |
| are due to the anthocyanins that it contains. | | | | a single nutrient, of any kind can do. |
| Similar to the proanthocyanidins found in other | | | | Striving for optimal nutritional intake should be |
| dark purple fruits and vegetables, these pigments | | | | everyone's goal. It seems that every day, there |
| seem to act like UV filters within the eyes, | | | | is a new story about how low levels of this |
| protecting them from UV rays, which are | | | | vitamin or that mineral are associated with a life |
| responsible for the formation of cataracts. | | | | threatening health problem. Today, vitamin D |
| That's one of the reasons that you see bilberry | | | | was in the news. While the bilberry health |
| eye health claims. Another is the laboratory | | | | benefits may be many, it will not prevent |
| studies showing that it may inhibit of reverse | | | | nutritional deficiencies. You need something more |
| macular degeneration. Lutein and zeaxanthin, | | | | to do that. For more information of Bilberry |
| which are found in the carotenoid family of | | | | Extract and other Herbal Extracts, please see my |
| antioxidants, are also beneficial for these | | | | website listed below. Thank, Larry L. |
| conditions. | | | | |