Blueberries could protect middle-aged people from developing dementia, according to a new study. The fruit contains high levels of micronutrients and antioxidants dubbed anthocyanins.
These give blueberries their namesake colour, but also protect them from radiation exposure and infections and could also stave off dementia.
Around 900,000 people are living with dementia in the UK and numbers are predicted to keep rising over the next 50 years. One in three people born in the UK this year is expected to develop the condition within their lifetime unless better treatments become available.
