10/10/2025
Celebrating World Mental Health Day 🌎 with a reminder of the benefits of purple foods!
Purple foods like Damson plums owe their beautiful colour to anthocyanins, a class of polyphenols that help fight oxidative stress and support brain health.
Anthocyanins have been shown to have a beneficial impact on gut microbiome diversity and therefore may confer neuroprotective effects via the gut-brain axis.
Additional sources of anthocyanins include blueberries, cherries, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, purple grapes, black currants, red cabbage, purple carrots, purple potatoes and red onion.
Many of these foods are in season now so it’s a great opportunity to add more purple to your plate! 🍽️
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