Baking blueberries changes their polyphenol content, health benefits

Wednesday, October 30, 2013 - 10:30 in Health & Medicine

Blueberries are called a "superfood" for their high polyphenol content, but when served as warm, gooey pie filling or when lending bursts of sweet flavor to a muffin, their "super" health benefits change. Scientists studied how cooking and baking affect the increasingly popular fruit's polyphenols and reported their mixed findings in a new article.

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