Three times the antioxidant power of the blueberry superfruit!
Growing wild in South America and mainly harvested by the native Mapuche Indians of Chile who have used the leaves, stems and berries medicinally for thousands of years, this exotic, dark purple fruit being rich in a group of antioxidants called anthocyanins has has three times the antioxidant amount than its widely known superfood relatives blackberries, blueberries, strawberries and raspberries.
Clinical research has shown this to be beneficial not just in the cell damage limitation throughout the body but for suppression of damage to cells caused by UV rays, to which eyes are particularly vulnerable through light exposure (such as fluorescent lights when indoors, pc screens, phones and TVs) and increased further in the present climate through added consumption as a result of isolation and social distancing measures.