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What’s blue, round, ultra-healthy, sweet-eating, in season and can BOOST YOUR BRAINPOWER? If you answered blueberries, you would be correct.

The phytochemicals in blueberries known as flavonoids have also been found to boost chemicals in the brain to impact learning and memory. The anthocyanins, the pigment that gives blueberries their purple colour, also have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties, which protect the brain.

1. Make a healthy blueberry fool, lightly crush blueberries and fold through natural yoghurt with a drizzle of honey.
2. Sprinkle blueberries over your favourite breakfast cereal.
3. Blend up a smoothie using 1/2 cup Greek yoghurt, 1/2 cup water, 1 cup of blueberries, one banana and one teaspoon of honey 
4. Add blueberries to a green salad
5. Whip up a batch of blueberry pancakes or muffins.

Look after your brain health and enjoy a punnet of blueberries on a regular basis.