Strawberry: The Fruit of Love and Health
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Strawberry has been a fruit that symbolizes love, fertility and sexuality for centuries. Shape just like a real heart and popular as an aphrodisiac, strawberry is eaten in almost every country in the world. Besides its sexy characteristics, strawberry is great for boosting your energy and health. If you are looking for a way to increase your daily intake of vitamin C, look no further. One cup of strawberries give you about 140 percent of the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) of vitamin C. Vitamin C is excellent for promoting cardiovascular health because of its antioxidant properties. Maybe this is why nature made strawberry red and shaped like a heart! Vitamin C is essential for energy because it helps your body to absorb iron better. Iron is important for energy because it helps carry oxygen, therefore allows red blood cells to carry more oxygen in the blood stream. This is one of the main reasons why people lack energy when they don’t have enough iron in their bodies. Vitamin C also helps protect blood vessels from the effects of LDL (bad) cholesterol.
The fruit of love is also full of many other nutrients for assisting your body, such as manganese, dietary fiber, iodine and potassium. Beside these nutrients, strawberries contain anthocyanins which are powerful antioxidants. Because of their high levels of vitamin C and antioxidants, strawberries are good for slowing down the effects of aging. Strawberries have a very short shelf life, try to eat them within 3-5 days or they will start to deteriorate. To increase their shelf life, store them in a air tight container or bag and put them in the freezer or refrigerator.
Strawberry health benefits:
- Helps neutralize free radicals.
- Helps the body fight against cancer.
- Helps the body fight inflammatory diseases.
- Protects against macular degeneration.
- Keeps the bad cholesterol in check.
- Great for the heart and keeps wrinkles away.
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Hello energy and health fanatics, independent thinkers, truth seekers and freedom lovers! My name is Pao L. Chang and I’m the author/founder of EnergyFanatics.com. Ever since graduating from high school, I noticed that my energy level was not as high as it used to be. While in college, I decided to educate myself about energy, health, wellness, and explore the mystery of alternative medicine and the power of spiritual healing. This journey taught me many things...
