The study, published in the journal Circulation suggests that women who eat berries often 32 percent lower risk of heart attack than those who ate the fruit once a month.
Blueberries and strawberries are high in flavonoids fruits of her, especially the type of anthocyanin, which is known to be beneficial to fight the plaque causes a heart attack.
Recent research on the benefits of berries includes 93,600 women aged 25-42 who participated in the Nurses Health Study II. A diet of participants was recorded every four years during the period of 18 years. At the end of the study, there were 405 respondents who had a heart attack.
"Diligent eating fruits berries, even at a young age will reduce the risk of heart attack later in life," said Aedin Cassidy, chairman of the department of nutrition of Norwich Medical School at the University of East Angelica, England.
In a study published in 2012 in the American Journal of Medicine also noted that women who frequently consume antioxidants from food, the risk of heart attacks dropped by 20 percent in a period of 10 years.
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