Good news for you who love to eat berries fruit (strawberries and blueberries). According to the study, women who regularly eat strawberries or blueberries have lower risk of heart attack. The study, published in the Circulation Journal suggests that women who often eat strawberries and blueberries have 32 percent lower risk of heart attack than those who ate the fruit once a month. Blueberries and strawberries are fruit with high in flavonoids, especially the type of anthocyanin, which is known to be beneficial to fight against plaque that causes a heart attack.
Recent research about benefits of berries includes 93,600 women aged 25-42 who participated in the Nurses Health Study II. Participants diet was recorded every four years during the period of 18 years. At the end of the study, there were 405 respondents who had a heart attack.
"Frequently eating fruits berries, since young age will reduce the risk of heart attack later in life," said Aedin Cassidy, chairman of the nutrition department of Norwich Medical School at University of East Angelica, England.
In a study that was published in 2012 in American Journal of Medicine also noted that women who frequently consume antioxidants from food, the risk of heart attacks dropped by 20 percent in a period of 10 years.
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