Do Blue Berries help your symptoms?

I'm noticing blue berries help with my bleeding.
I had thought so before, I'm about to finish my second 11oz carton over about 4 wk period and notice much less blood when I have them in my cereal every morning. Wondering if they help others??

Yes they do and I love them. I picked gallons of them in July and August :) I like them frozen better than fresh so I typically freeze them the same day I pick them.

Here are some excerpts from an article I saved from 2010:

sorry for the crappy formatting

Blueberry’s protective effect on this group of diseases (UC and CD) is two-fold.
First, blueberries are rich in polyphenols, which have both antimicrobial and antioxidant effects. When combined with probiotics, the
combo not only reduced inflammation-inducing bacteria, but also increased the amount of healthy good bacteria.
The fiber in blueberries is also not highly degraded in your large intestines. What this means is that substances that can cause
inflammation are kept from contacting the lining of your intestines. Instead, they are embedded in the blueberry fiber, where they do
not cause harm, and are then transported out of your body during elimination.
Adding blueberries to your diet may be a natural way to prevent colon cancer, as well. They contain an antioxidant compound called
pterostilbene that inhibits genes involved in inflammation, which is thought to be a risk factor for colon cancer.

Thanks For your replies!
Thanks for the article Levi, that's great, I Love em too! Wonder if frozen blueberries in the store will work as well, guess I'll find out, as I didn't stock up this summer! Thought it couldn't be my imagination, I've felt better! Even tho we had company and I missed a couple days of Blue Berries, they are the only food I've noticed making a Positive difference for me!

I'm sad I cannot have them because they are delicious, and packed with nutrients, but they give me almost instant stomach ache.

YAY I eat them every day,usually in a banana based smoothie, even while flaring. Nice to know they are proven beneficial for IBD, thanks Levi. I always worried about the skins but not now.

Been taking a fistful of blueberries in my smoothies for the past year and bit and never noticed them accelerate or help with flair. Think i'll be adding 2 fistfuls from now on.

Julie Mariah, yes-- I think brandname Colazal works better than generic, at least for UCers with left-sided inflammation. / Old Hat (35 yrs with left-sided UC; presently in remission taking brandname Colazal)