Blueberries

This is the first time I am participating in Poetry Thursday. How funny that it should be on the topic of food. I love food, especially fruit like blueberries that Frost writes about:

Blueberries
Blueberries as big as the end of your thumb,
Real sky-blue, and heavy, and ready to drum
In the cavernous pail of the first one to come!
And all ripe together, not some of them green
And some of them ripe!
You ought to have seen!

~Robert Frost

Poetry Thursday

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A few facts about blueberries that I found online:

"Blueberries neutralize free radical damage to the collagen matrix of cells and tissues that can lead to cataracts, glaucoma, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, peptic ulcers, heart disease and cancer."

"Pterostilbene, a powerful antioxidant compound found in blueberries, which is already known to fight cancer, may also help lower cholesterol. "

"Researchers found that diets rich in blueberries significantly improved both the learning capacity and motor skills of aging rats, making them mentally equivalent to much younger rats."
We should all eat more blueberries! Start a blueberry revolution!

p.s. I'm off on a mini adventure to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina until Monday...it's not like I have many readers here, so hey I can afford some time off...