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[TheFountain]

Google is not what it use to be. I can't seem to find a damn thing on the nutritional profile of blackberries.

All I can find is that they are high in vitamin C and have some vitamin A in them but no more sugar than blueberries per serving.

Otherwise people should be happy to know that blackberry phones are selling well.......

Edited by TheFountain, 02 May 2009 - 11:06 AM.

[Mind]

Like you, I can't find any in-depth info right now, but I have read (here in the forums) that blackberries are not as nutrient dense as blueberries. However, I regard them as a nutritious snack. I pick them in the wild every year.

[Johan]

Nutrition Data is an excellent website for finding nutrient profiles of foods. You can find a lot of foods there - including blackberries.

[spaceistheplace]

i pick them wild around here. they are very sweet, but smaller than grocery store varieties. like Mind, i too regard them as a nutritious snack once in a while.

surprised the fructose fear mongers haven't appeared yet in this thread.

[ajnast4r]

the first person to fear monger about berried because of fructose is getting punched. ALL berries are good, especially blackberries... they are dense in vitamins and phenolic compounds. eat berries in unlimited amounts.

blackberries specifically have potent anticancer properties and effect epigenetic expression positively.

Either way, though, the anthocyanin-rich blackberry extract clearly has promising anti-cancer potential. Mumper is developing both a blackberry extract oral capsule and a blackberry extract skin cream that he hopes will eventually receive FDA approval to treat or prevent colon cancer and skin cancer, respectively. He has developed a prototype of the skin cream and is testing its effectiveness in preventing sun-induced skin cancer in mouse models through research with John D’Orazio, assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics and the Markey Cancer Center.

Photo of Russ MumperBlackberry extract has promising anti-cancer potential. Russell Mumper is developing an oral capsule and skin cream that he hopes will eventually receive FDA approval to treat or prevent colon cancer and skin cancer, respectively.

But the blackberry’s potential applications don’t stop with cancer. Mumper’s team has been investigating uses for anthocyanins’ anti-inflammatory properties as well. Mumper will soon begin work to develop a blackberry capsule to treat inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, such as Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease, Crohn’s Disease, ulcerative colitis, and inflammatory bowel disease. And in topical cream form, the blackberry extract could also be targeted to treat inflammation of the skin, such as psoriasis and eczema. Mumper is also working with Leslie Crofford, chief of UK’s Division of Rheumatology, to investigate the blackberry’s potential to prevent inflammation associated with arthritis and to accelerate wound healing. (For more on Crofford, see Reshaping Women's Health Research).

And Mumper has recently added another research partner at UK. He’s joined efforts with Allan Butterfield, director of the Center of Membrane Sciences, to determine whether the anthocyanin-rich blackberry extract, by blocking a particular type of oxidative stress and neurodegeneration in the brain, can prevent the onset of mild cognitive impairment, which can lead to Alzheimer’s disease.

[Mind]

The fructose fear mongers do have some data behind them, but most still consider berries (including blackberries) a "good" source of carbs. The positive nutrient profile outweighs the negative sugar content.

[CobaltThoriumG]

I suppose I'm one of the fructose fearmongers. Well, I eat 35g of blackberries most every night. And 40g of blueberries with breakfast. And that's generally the only fruit I eat in a day. Sometimes I'll substitute strawberries, raspberries, or cherries.

[Gerald W. Gaston]

Berries are pretty much the only fruit I eat as well (in the early am away from other food). One of my sons likes to stuff my blueberries into my raspberries like this:

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Still can't get him to eat any of them except an occasional strawberry though.


We sometimes pick strawberries at the strawberry farms here when in season, and blackberries grow all around, but we haven't picked those in years. Haven't seen a Chigger in years now either so that's my reason to buy them. Here's how big those typically are:

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[ajnast4r]

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nice!

why do you eat them away from other food?

[Anthony]

http://www.naturalnews.com/020497.html

http://66.102.1.104/...ries and cancer

http://pubs.acs.org/....1021/jf9908345

http://www.informawo...85829963~db=all

Hope that information helps....


Anthony

[Gerald W. Gaston]

why do you eat them away from other food?

Headed to bed and the below doesn't have any study links (the one for blueberries and milk would be easy enough to find however and I'm sure you have already seen it) so skip this is you are looking explicitly for such references...


When I first started trying to decide on what fruits to eat, and when to eat them and with what... I read lots of suggestions that to slow down their digestion and lessen the immediate hit on blood sugar, eating fruits with some fat was the way to go.

Then you have others suggesting that fruits should be eaten by themselves, or at least before other slower digesting food, to avoid bloating and indigestion. Melons are a good example of such fast digesting fruit that they usually make special reference to.

Just a random google search finds this book preview page (I've never read the book mind you) that suggests eating fruit first thing the am away from other food by at least 30 minutes:

http://books.google....3P0OxIC&pg=PA79

Then theres the AGE issue with the claim that fructose (and galactose) are roughly 10 times more reactive than glucose:

http://andersonclan....m#_Toc136492985
http://jerrymondo.tr.../lgev/id15.html

And lastly the study that linked the binding of blueberry's phenolic compounds to the protein in milk, with the suggestion to eat them either one hour before protein is consumed, or two hours after.

But ultimately it came down to what works best for me. My stomach doesn't want anything remotely heavy before noon, and these berries give me no gastric problems in the morning on an empty stomach.

Edited by frankbuzin, 03 May 2009 - 09:12 AM.

[Gerald W. Gaston]

Google is not what it use to be. I can't seem to find a damn thing on the nutritional profile of blackberries.

All I can find is that they are high in vitamin C and have some vitamin A in them but no more sugar than blueberries per serving.

Otherwise people should be happy to know that blackberry phones are selling well.......

Part of my job is keeping 12k people within my company happy with their BBs so I can relate to that last part

On the nutritional data for blackberries... the Nutrition Data website already mentioned is good, and they are some specifically related to fruits and sugars such as:

http://www.thepaleod...uits_table.html

[ajnast4r]

Part of my job is keeping 12k people within my company happy with their BBs so I can relate to that last part

can you make mine stop sucking?

[ajnast4r]

lessen the immediate hit on blood sugar

most berries average a GI of around 30, which is not high... fructose (GI avg 20) in general does not create high spikes in blood sugar

[Gerald W. Gaston]

Part of my job is keeping 12k people within my company happy with their BBs so I can relate to that last part

can you make mine stop sucking?

[Gerald W. Gaston]

lessen the immediate hit on blood sugar

most berries average a GI of around 30, which is not high... fructose (GI avg 20) in general does not create high spikes in blood sugar

Yes that is one of the reasons I 'picked' berries for my fruit... that and all the studies and the fact that I like berries

But I'm guessing those comments about lessening the blood sugar hit was likely to cover all fruits, even those with higher GI such as dried fruit (dates, raisins, etc.) and melons (cantaloupe, honeydew melon, water melon, etc.) ... Although really for melons the GL is very low.

http://www.diabetes....ition/fruit.jsp