Hi David, An elderly lady who is long-term (>3 years) taking daily 2 oz of frozen or canned wild blueberries for her night vision and AMD asked me what she could substitute this for while blueberries are out of season and hardly available. She says the blueberries clearly help compared to the period when she has no access to them. My first thought was to recommend NFC (not-from-concentrate) pure single-pressed, unfiltered organic blueberry juice (no additives/preservatives, pasteurized at 176 to 194 degrees F), which could be purchased in advance and stored (it keeps for 14 months). She pretty certainly has MetS. I haven’t seen blood work, but she speaks of eating chocolate to fight fatigue and keep her going through the day, eating and craving a lot of carbs, being always hungry, having high BP and beginning memory loss. While blueberries are certainly a good choice for her, I was wondering if the mentioned fruit juice would be a good recommendation? - Would such a high-quality juice still contain the active constituents needed for her purpose (and may even help with the IR) even if the solid parts of the blueberries are missing? - Or would it be rather ill advised because of the free fructose from converting the berries into juice and thus the danger of developing NAFLD? - Would taking this juice have any negative effects on her MetS? - Do you have any other thoughs/ideas you’d like to share (maybe substituting the blueberries with a tea of AMD herbs like Chrysanthemum etc., MetS and Brain/NS herbs that would fit her person and energetics)? Thank you very much.

I was wondering if the mentioned fruit juice would be a good recommendation? It is not as good as eating the berries, can’t she buy the berries and freeze them when they are out of season ? danger of developing NAFLD? No, but the juice would have a higher glycemic index Try Goji Berries or dried mulberries