Most blueberries you will find in the grocery store are cultivated blueberries. Over the years, they have been cultivated to be larger in size and very plump, due to a higher water content, which makes them cheaper when compared to wild blueberries. Cultivated blueberries contain less antioxidants and anthocyanins than wild, which is probably due to their high water content.

We’ve all heard that antioxidants can be helpful to protect our body from age-related health risks, but how does this happen? Each day, free radicals are constantly being formed in your body, which is a normal byproduct of metabolism. We should aim for our body to maintain a balance of free radicals and antioxidants, as when free radicals outnumber antioxidants