For Your Health -
Blueberry Bliss Summertime is prime time for blueberries and the perfect time
to ramp up your use of this versatile, healthful, and tasty berry. Blueberries
fall under two general categories: larger, juicy, cultivated highbush blueberries and tiny, flavorful wild blueberries. Highbush are grown all over, but especially in Michigan, New Jersey, and Oregon, while wild blueberries are found primarily in Maine and the rest of the Northeast.
All-American Goodness
Blueberries (along with cranberries, grapes, and strawberries) are indigenous
to America. They were a staple food and a source of medicinal preparations for Native Americans, who passed on their knowledge of these berries to the country’s early settlers. Today we recognize the Native Americans were onto something big — blueberries, indeed, promote health in many ways.
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