Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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I'm sure you've heard the saying to eat the rainbow or the Wahls recommendation to eat at least 3 colors a day. As the names imply, blackberries and blueberries are two different colors (black and blue) but they look pretty close to me. What do you all think? Are they uniquely interesting or do they just have different names?

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Here is FAR more information than you wanted: naldc.nal.usda.gov/download/19298/PDF The first half is mostly grape related, but after that it breaks down anthocyanin, flavonol glycosides, and ORAC scores for black vs blue berries. Um, in short - I think they're similar enough! :) – raney May 16 2012 at 20:22

I've always found them uniquely interesting. If you focus on color on vacciniums alone you can eat the spectra from red cranberries and lingonberries to blueberries to purple huckleberries. Blackberries are not half as interesting though... – thhq May 16 2012 at 23:46

Arg · Answer 1 · 2012-05-16 21:18:45Z UTC

I'm eating a bowl of blackberries as I type this...

These ones are more reddish, look almost like raspberries. However, most other blackberries I've eaten (which is a lot, they're my favourite berry) are a very dark purple, almost indeed black. I've only eaten wild blackberries from a patch behind my house and another up the shore, so I'm not sure about the cultivated ones...

Blueberries can vary quite a bit in colour, depending on the soil they're grown in. I've seen pale blue (grown wild in a very acidic, Northern soil), and a deep purple (grown wild in soil rich in iron). Plus there's different types of blueberries as well.

VB · Answer 2 · 2012-05-16 20:18:15Z UTC

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I always thought they were the same color blue/purple. My question is - what color is red cabbage - red or purple? What other red veggies are there?

Thanks for asking - great question!

answered May 16 2012 at 20:18

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Beets, red peppers, rhubarb, tomatoes (they'll always be a vegetable to me). – trjones May 16 2012 at 20:24

You could mix green and red cabbage and take care of 2 colors with one vegetable. – thhq May 16 2012 at 23:49

primallykosher · Answer 3 · 2012-05-16 20:31:11Z UTC

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Technically they are both hues of purple or blue purple depending on the blueberry.

answered May 16 2012 at 20:31

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Ebice · Answer 4 · 2012-05-17 00:38:40Z UTC

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They are purple. So says George Carlin.

answered May 17 2012 at 0:38

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What colors are blackberries and blueberries?

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