If one of your new year resolutions is to eat healthier, you may want to eat more blueberries.

Dietitians say the fruit is one of the top ten superfoods and ranks the highest among fruits and vegetables when it comes to their anti-oxidant power.

Kim Beyer-Nelson's been eating blueberries all her life.

"Since I was very small kid. I grew up in northern Michigan right in the middle of the state forest, and every summer you could be out on the trails and find wild blueberry bushes," said Kim Beyer-Nelson, Lincoln.

But even as the years past, her taste for the berries and their convenience remained.

"You don't have to peel them. You can just pop them straight in your mouth. You can throw them in cereal. You can throw them in salads. You can throw them into almost anything," she said.

LifePointe Dietitian Katie Walz said the berries are not only good, but they're good for you.

"They have very high levels of anti-oxidants. Anti-oxidants are great at combating those free radicals in our bodies -- when then in turn can help prevent certain types of cancer and slow down the aging process a little bit," Walz said.

And those aren't the only benefits. She said blueberries also help lower your cholesterol, improve your vision, reduce urinary tract infections, boost your immune system and decrease inflammation within the body.

"It helps to improve the neurological function in the brain which in turn can increase your memory and you don't have those short term memory losses that you may on an occasional basis," Walz said.

One more reason to eat blueberries is it turns out they can keep your weight in check. They're low calorie, pretty low in sugar and high in fiber. In fact, a cup of blueberries are just 85 calories.

So, whether you blend them or eat them one at a time, Walz recommends you a have half a cup two to three times a week, which isn't hard for blueberry lovers like Beyer-Nelson.

"They don't have the acidity like some of the other fruits do, so I don't do well with oranges or grapefruit, but I love blueberries," she said.

We all know blueberries are good in breads, muffins , desserts and sauces.

You get some nutritional benefit when you eat them that way, but you also get extra calories and fat. So Walz said for the best benefit you should eat them plain -- fresh or frozen.