Every morning James Joseph finds a way to consume at least a half-cup of blueberries. He might eat them with cold cereal or oatmeal, maybe in a smoothie if he is in a hurry to get to his office. As a leading food scientist, Joseph knows that blueberries and other fruits and vegetables with deep pigment is straight and delicious root to better brain health.
Joseph works at the esteemed Tufts University nutrition research center that works in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It’s officially called the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts.
What’s more, Joseph might well munch on another four to eight ounces of fresh blueberries as he works on his latest investigations of how the flavonoids or certain plant substances in fruits and vegetables turn on neuron signals to the brain. Joseph, always chipper when the Alternative Health Blog calls, is a pioneering scientists who discovered the deep pigment in produce can have protective effects against cancer and heart disease.
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