{"id":11452,"date":"2014-08-15T17:19:47","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T00:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medicalfitnessnetwork.org\/?p=11452"},"modified":"2015-03-22T17:22:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T00:22:30","slug":"freezing-blueberries-improves-antioxidant-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/all-mfn\/freezing-blueberries-improves-antioxidant-availability\/","title":{"rendered":"Freezing Blueberries Improves Antioxidant Availability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Blueberries pack a powerful antioxidant punch, whether eaten fresh or from the freezer, according to South Dakota State University graduate Marin Plumb.<\/p>\n<p>Anthocyanins, a group of antioxidant compounds, are responsible for the color in blueberries, she explains. Since most of the color is in the skin, freezing the blueberries actually improves the availability of the antioxidants.<\/p>\n<p>The food science major from Rapid City, who received her bachelor\u2019s degree in December, did her research as part of an honors program independent study project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlueberries go head to head with strawberries and pomegranates in antioxidant capacity,\u201d says professor Basil Dalaly, Plumb\u2019s research adviser. In addition, blueberries are second only to strawberries, in terms of the fruits Americans prefer.<\/p>\n<p>Blueberries are beneficial for the nervous system and brain, cardiovascular system, eyes, and urinary tract, Dalaly explains. \u201cSome claim it\u2019s the world\u2019s healthiest food.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.todaysdietitian.com\/news\/081814_news.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full article at Today&#8217;s Dietitian&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blueberries pack a powerful antioxidant punch, whether eaten fresh or from the freezer, according to South Dakota State University graduate Marin Plumb. Anthocyanins, a group of antioxidant compounds, are responsible for the color in blueberries, she explains. Since most of the color is in the skin, freezing the blueberries actually improves the availability of the antioxidants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":6420,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-11452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-mfn","tag-nutrition"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medfitnetwork.org\/public\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}