Understanding Bilberry Health Benefits

Before I go into bilberry health benefits, let's define what bilberry extract is, it's produced from the little blue berry that is related to blueberries, cranberries and huckleberry, this fruit tastes like the American blueberry, it contains high concentrations of tannins, substances that act as both an astringent and an anti-inflammatory.

Bilberry fruit contains flavonoid compounds called anthocyanidins.
The fact is flavonoid has strong antioxidant properties because bilberry's antioxidants are 50 times more powerful than vitamin E and 20 times more powerful than vitamin C.

Here's what you would get health benefits from bilberry as below.

  • Improve the eye's ability to adapt to light changes and enhances night vision.

  • Build strong capillaries and improve circulation throughout the entire body.

  • Help prevent cancer, heart disease, and macular degeneration.

  • Prevent blood platelets from clumping together, which minimizes the risk of blood clots (associated with heart attack and stroke).

    Additionally, the bilberry herb has been also used to treat the number of health conditions including atherosclerosis, cataracts, diabetes, diarrhea, macular degeneration, night blindness, and retinopathy.


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