An arti­cle in the Feb­ru­ary 2008 issue of the Amer­i­can Jour­nal of Clin­i­cal Nutri­tion links eat­ing a vari­ety of berries to low­er blood pres­sure and high­er HDL “good” cho­les­terol. We try to keep a cou­ple of big bags of berries in the freez­er, wild Maine blue­ber­ries and an organ­ic mixed berry assort­ment (both from Cost­co or BJ’s). The blue­ber­ries go into muffins or pan­cakes or a quick sauce. The berry assort­ment is deli­cious in smooth­ies or lay­ered with yogurt. In sea­son, freeze your own by rins­ing berries, let­ting them dry, freez­ing on a bak­ing sheet, and stor­ing in seal­able bags or con­tain­ers.