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Grapes are not only delicious fruits, but also provide you with numerous health benefits. Grapes are rich in many vitamins like vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin B6, and folate.
They are also rich in many minerals like calcium, potassium, phosphorus, iron, selenium and magnesium. They also have fiber and proteins. They thus ensure a healthy living for us.
Grapes provide help in the following:
* Asthma: Grapes have well-known therapeutic value in the case of asthma. It helps the asthmatic patients by increasing the quantity of moisture in the lungs, as grapes have good assimilative powers.
* Constipation: Grapes are considered as laxatives as they have high water content, and they contain sugar, cellulose and organic acid. They are even found helpful in a few cases of chronic constipation. Grapes contain roughage, which prevents the occurrence of constipation.
* Migraine: Migraine patients are always advised to take daily doses of grape juice, as it is very helpful for them. They are suggested to take concentrated ripe grape juice early morning everyday.
* Heart diseases: Grapes reduce the number of blood clots in the body because they increase the level of nitric oxide in blood. Also, there are antioxidants in grapes. Which avoid the oxidation of bad cholesterol (LDL). Bad cholesterol is responsible for blocking the blood vessels.
* Indigestion: Grapes help in relieving the heat present in body and they provide relief to irritation in the stomach that leads to indigestion. They are also considered as light food, so can be easily digested by patients of stomach diseases.
* Breast cancer: Purple grapes provide protection from breast cancer. A study showed impressive amount of reduction in the mass of mammary tumor of laboratory mice, when they were given grapes on regular basis.
* Kidney diseases: Grapes are helpful in kidney diseases as well, as they reduce the acidity content in uric acid. This helps them to eliminate the acid from body, thus relieving the kidneys of extra workload.
* Alzheimer’s disease: Grapes contain resveratrol, which is a helpful polyphenol contained in grapes, which reduces amyloidal-beta peptides present in people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. It is said that grapes increase brain health and prevent diseases.
* Cholesterol levels: Grapes help to reduce the cholesterol levels as they contain a substance called pterostillbene that lowers the levels of cholesterol in body.
Grapes should be consumed daily, as fruits or in juice form to reap their benefits.
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Have you ever picked wild berries from the woods? If yes, then you know the joy of berries. Berries are not just fun and delicious, but also, they have numerous health benefits. They have a high nutritional content. A cup full of strawberries has vitamin C up to 100 mg. This is the same amount of vitamin C that is found in a small glass of orange juice. Vitamin C is required by our body for the proper functioning of our immune system. Shifting focus on blueberries, a cup of them offer lesser vitamin C content than strawberries, and they have 83 calories per cup. Cranberries offer approximately the same amount of nutrients, but with 44 calories, and a cup full of raspberries presents 64 calories.
Health benefits of some of the berries are:
* Berries of dark color, like blackberries, blueberries, wolfberries and raspberries are rich in antioxidants. Antioxidants strengthen your immune power, and you are less prone to diseases such as common cold, and flu.
* Bilberries, raspberries and blueberries are rich in lutin, a compound important for healthy eyesight.
* Raspberries have good quantity of cancer fighting phytochemicals and anthocyanins, such as ferulic acid, ellagic, and coumaric.
* Extracts of the fruit of pomegranate have powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant qualities, and has been proved by studies of being advantageous in case of expanding cancer cells and also in recovering from coronary heart diseases. Pomegranate extracts are also beneficial in gum diseases.
In a research in 1999, at Tufts University, researchers fed old rats berry extracts and younger rats the regular diet. The results were as follows:
* Older rats were fast in learning than the younger rats
* Older rats were far more coordinated than the younger ones
* Older rats also had improved motor skills
* Older rats had more memory than the younger rats
As it can be seen, the experiments clearly show that berry extracts did wonders for some rats although they were older. Similar holds true for humans as well. Studies have been conducted on human subjects and the groups that were fed berries showed a dramatic improvement over the other groups.
Berries protect against brain damage. Many types of berries, especially blueberries help the neurons and protect the brain from any kind of damage.
Almost all the berries contain flavonoids that help fight against some specific type of cancer cells. Berries taken regularly can help reduce the chances of cancer in the body. There are many types of berries, and it’s not possible to have a regular intake of all the berries everyday, so berry extracts are recommended for a healthy living.
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Blueberries belong to the family of bilberry and cranberry, in terms of health benefits. These come from shrubs, and these fruits grow in bunches and are of small size, ranging from pea size to marble size. They have darker shades of color, of blue variations. Some come with maroon shades, and others have purple tint to them. They are very delicious, but that’s not all. They come with a number of health benefits.
* Antioxidant capacity: Blueberries are highly loaded with a number of anti oxidants like vitamin C, Anthocyanin, B Complex, vitamin A, vitamin E, copper, iron and zinc etc. They promote immunity and raise oxygen and hemoglobin levels in the blood. With strong immunity, you are able to fight diseases better, and will not fall for common cold, fever, flu etc very easily.
* Blueberries neutralize free radicals: Blueberries neutralize the free radicals that increase the ageing process and diseases in the body. This is because of the rich content of Anthocyanin and vitamin C in them. They prevent the cause of ageing, and your skin will look beautiful and your immune system can fight diseases in a better way.
* Reducing fat: It is believed that blueberries help fight the fat off your belly and also prevent metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular diseases.
* Urinary tract health: Most urinary tract infections are due to the colony formation of bacteria like b-coli, in the inner walls of the tract. Blueberries have a compound formed from a large polymer, which reduces the formation of these bacteria. The additional anti-biotic properties of blueberries help it further. The large polymers get rid of these bacteria, and thus provide relief to such infections.
* Good for vision: The extracts of blueberries have been found to reduce the loss of vision, due to the presence of a compound called anthocyanoside. As blueberries contain vitamin A and vitamin E, which are good for eyes and skin tissues, they further help people in maintaining their eyesight.
* Brain health: There are several compounds in blueberries that prevent and heal neurotic disorders, and also restore health to the central nervous system. Some of these compounds are: anthocyanin, vitamin, A, B-complex, sodium, zinc, potassium, phosphorus, copper etc. These also prevent Alzheimer’s disease.
* Digestive disorders: Blueberries contain roughage, which helps you to prevent constipation and keep your digestive system healthy.
* Cancer: Blueberries can be helpful for cancer patients, as they contain Pterostilbene, which works effectively in case of liver and colon cancer.
Blueberries have lots of health values. Be sure to have a regular intake of blueberries to fight off diseases.
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