TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie explores the health benefits of wild blueberries, a food indigenous to North America. Integrative medicine physician Taz Bhatia talks with Savannah and Craig Melvin about the difference between wild blueberries and regular blueberries, and how the wild variety can help promote good health.
Welcome to Start TODAY. Sign up for our free Start TODAY newsletter to receive daily inspiration sent to your inbox and check us out on Instagram — plus, join our 100-Mile Challenge! Blueberries are bright, beautiful and sweet in the summer and pack a nutritional punch. They've even been named the No. 1 healthiest fruit by dietitians. One cup of blueberries is a good source of fiber and contains other nutrients, like vitamin C, K and manganese.
A randomized controlled trial in people with functional gastrointestinal disorders found that supplementing with freeze-dried blueberries for six weeks relieved abdominal symptoms and improved general markers of well-being, and quality of life, more than the participants taking a placebo. The research on blueberries and the gut microbiome is still new and mostly conducted in animals, but the results are promising.
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