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Scientists have investigated the effects of blueberry juice on brain function
Last reviewed: 02.07.2025
Scientists have long been interested in the question of how the products that a person eats affect the function of the nervous system, metabolism and brain activity. It has been clinically proven that there is a large number of products, the regular use of which is beneficial for the brain, helps improve the process of memorizing information and even slows down the development of age-related changes in brain tissue. Certain products have received a unique status in medical circles - " brain food " - they improve thinking activity and prevent damage to tissues and nerve cells.
After conducting numerous experiments, scientists have isolated a number of useful components from blueberries that will undoubtedly be beneficial for active brain activity. Specialists have determined the existence of a relationship between regular consumption of blueberry juice and the frequency of mental disorders. For example, people whose diet often includes such a drink, as it turned out, are less susceptible to mental illness.
Thus, blueberry juice is a very useful drink for those people who want to improve their intellectual level or strengthen their memory. The drink is especially recommended for elderly people, as well as students and intellectual workers.
Most often, blueberries are eaten raw, added to porridge, cereal, cottage cheese, etc. However, scientists advise paying special attention to the juice from these berries: it should be drunk without sugar or other additives.
The blueberry season in our regions is not very long: unfortunately, experts do not explain how best to store juice, and whether it can be stored at all. Leading domestic nutritionists support the opinion of scientific experts on the benefits of blueberry juice: they advise to conduct a kind of therapeutic course of eating blueberries and drinking juice during the season of mass berry picking.
For the experiment, the specialists involved 26 participants aged 65 to 77. They were required to drink blueberry juice regularly, every day. The participants were divided into two groups: the first group of 12 people were required to drink at least 30 ml of juice in the form of concentrate (which is equivalent to eating 230 g of berries), and the second group received artificial blueberry juice, which acted as a "placebo". After three months, the scientists summed up the results of the experiment. It was found that those people who drank the proposed amount of the drink daily had significantly higher intellectual activity than those who drank a "placebo" or did not drink juice at all.
Scientists are sure that brain activity decreases with age only because most people lead an unhealthy lifestyle. If you make adjustments to your diet, adding plant foods to your diet - and especially blueberries - you can preserve your brain's cognitive function until old age.
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