How berries help build a better brain

One of the best guides to food variety is colour. And for colour, there’s a group of natural plant chemicals called anthocyanins that are getting a lot of attention for their potential benefits on the brain. Anthocyanins are the pigments that give red, purple, and blue plants their rich colouring – they literally put the ‘blue’ into blueberries. A few years back on this podcast, I took you through the science of anthocyanins and brain health. In this episode, I’m revisiting that story with new research. In this episode, I’ll unpack what this new research review found, how it fits with what we already know about anthocyanins and the brain, and what it all means for your shopping basket and your long-term cognitive health. Links referred to in the podcast Podcast episode 81 on berries and brain health Systematic review on anthocyanins and cognitive function 2025 Episode transcript To access the full episode transcript, go to the following link and select the individual podcast episode and then click on the ‘Transcript’ tab Connect with me Instagram doctimcrowe Facebook Thinking Nutrition X CroweTim

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How berries help build a better brain is an episode from Thinking Nutrition by Dr Tim Crowe.

This episode is 13:09 long.

This episode was published on Mar 16, 2026.

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