Bilberries boost eyesight is a match made in heaven.

The most obvious way how bilberries boost eyesight is the chemicals that it contains which is called the anthocyanosides.  The anthocyanosis in the veins prevent blood platelets from clumping together, and so decrease the risk of blood clots forming.

The anthocyanosides found in bilberries also help to strengthen blood vessels, and so reduce the potential risk of varicose veins from forming.  Bilberries can also help to treat and reverse the damage done to the retina of the eye from diabetes (retinopathy). Damage which is done caused by chronic high blood sugar level or high blood pressure.  Bilberries also contain tannins that reduce intestinal inflammation, and it can be used as a treatment for diarrhea.  Watch a short video of bilberry benefits.

Bilberries boost eyesight also in another way for those that happen to live in the temperate and the subarctic region of the world where the bilberries have adapted naturally to the environment over many thousands of o years. They are free to pick in the public access areas in those countries where every man’s right to collect wild berries e.g. bilberries exists, as in; Austria, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia, and Switzerland.

The task of picking wild bilberries does require some agility, concentration, and a keen eye to pick out the dark blueberries from the green foliage. The low ground shrubs vary between 10-50cm tall plants, most of them seem to be at around 30 cm tall.  The physical task requires to either bend at the knees down to pick the berries while crouching down next to them. One by one, or several at a time if they are clumped in a small cluster of berries. Either by holding a container in one hand and picking the berries with the other hand, or placing the container down on the ground and picking the berries with two hands simultaneously.  They are also plastic scoops available for berry picking especially for the Lingonberry which has a shorter to the ground shrub.  As you can imagine that the physical activity of picking the berries from the low ground shrubs requires a keen eye, stamina and ability to focus over several hours to gather several liters of berries, for most beginners it would take about an hour to pick one liter of bilberries.

Bilberries boost eyesight in many ways, they contain anthocyanoside’s as mentioned earlier, also have a high content of antioxidants, and vitamins and minerals, here is the list:

• • Vitamin A
  • Vitamin B1
  • Vitamin B2
  • Vitamin B3
  • Vitamin B5
  • Vitamin B6
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin E
  • Vitamin H
  • phosphorus
  • chrome
  • calcium
  • potassium
  • copper
  • cobalt
  • silicon
  • iron
  • broken
  • magnesium
  • manganese
  • molybdenum
  • zinc

  For those people that live in the regions where bilberries grow wild is a great privilege and a fun summer activity to go and wonder in the bush in search of the dark blue bilberries. It is an age-old custom in the Nordic region and many of the East European States. The activity in its self is a healthy activity to spend some time in the woods listening and observing the wonders of life in the natural world. Bilberries boost eyesight in a number of ways, directly and indirectly, and making bilberries a regular part of your diet will ensure that you will get the optimal health benefits from healthy natural foods like bilberries.

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