X-Message-Number: 12994 Date: Fri, 24 Dec 1999 11:52:43 -0800 (PST) From: Doug Skrecky <> Subject: blueberries In Message #12984 wrote: > Do canned blueberries retain the benefits? Fresh blueberries are not > available for most of the year. > I don't see why not. Fresh blueberries were not used in the rodent experiment. Freeze-dried blueberries, that were reduced to a powder were used. One might expect drying the blueberries would denature the proanthocyanidins. However blueberries also contain sugars, which can hydrogen bond and prevent denaturation. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=12994