Strawberries - a small, but very nutritious, sweet fruit that summer brings us to the land. Its name derives from the Latin word "fragaria vesca", which means "perfumed", "fragrant", "sweet." While the aroma of strawberries a little cautious, it is very delicious and rich in many nutrients. For curative properties strawberries are valued in ancient times and we continue to admire the fruits of that now! Indeed, people who would not love strawberries, it is very difficult to find. Many Hollywood stars have periodically strawberry diet. Three days in a month, they only eat this delicious fruit. And tasty, and useful!
Strawberries are rich in minerals and vitamins:
- On the vitamin C content of strawberries yields only black currant. In five medium-sized berries of vitamin C as much as in one large orange. A folic acid in strawberries than in the raspberries and grapes. If every day there are these berries, strengthened immune system and the vascular wall.
- Scientists have conducted an analysis to identify the benefits of various berries and fruits. It was found that the strawberry is a potent antioxidant, able to resist the development of cancer in humans regularly consuming this berry. Of course, all fruits have antioxidant properties, because they contain vitamins C, E and betakarotin but strawberries for their qualities in many ways superior to them: it is 2 times more useful than a plum, orange and grapes, in 3 times - the kiwi, grapefruit, in the 6 times - the apple and tomato and 15 times - the pear and melon.
- In 200 g fresh strawberries keep: 60 calories, 4.6 g fiber, 0 g fat, 1.2 g protein, 14 g carbohydrate, 28 mg calcium, 0.8 mg iron, 20 mg magnesium, 38 mg phosphorus, 54 mg calcium, 1.4 mg selenium , 113.4 mg vitamin C, 35.4 mcg of folic acid, 54 IU of vitamin A.
- The strawberries have a lot of organic acids: malic, citric, lactic, etilmetilsalitsilovaya acid, which turns into an aspirin, but only in the ill-kind, an assimilated. Thus, the acid function deintoksikatsii that is acceptable in the treatment of rheumatism.
- It also helps in the treatment of strawberry hypertension and is used in medicine as a cleanser for the digestive system.
- Strawberry has a powerful anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects. Therefore, when a sick stomach prescribe it as medicine.
- Antiseptic properties strawberries are used to treat inflammatory diseases of nose (use of water infusion of berries, they poloschut throat with tonsillitis and mouth with stomatitis), and eliminate bad breath.
- Strawberry suppresses the development of influenza virus. So, dainty sweet berries in the summer heat, you provide your health in the winter cold.
- The availability of iodine in it offset it in our daily food and drinking water.
- Strawberry has saharoponizhayuschim action. Her meals consist of people with diabetes.
- Receive a stomach 4-6 table spoons of fresh strawberry juice helps zhelchnokamennoy disease. In kidney and urinary system is recommended to use the entire season berries strawberries. It is every day not less than 400 grams. With all of kidney disease should drink the decoction of the roots of strawberries.
- Strawberry is a natural diuretic and calming acts on the liver. Therefore, in rheumatism and diseases of the liver are recommended to use the strawberry diet. During the week you need to eat every day for 1.5 kg of berries. At the same time and get rid of the accumulated excess kilos over the winter. Salicylic acid, which is contained in the Berry, and helps with the pain in the joints.
- Strawberry permits to fill with iron deficiency anemia.
- According to latest studies, the consumption of foods strawberries improves libido ... And this is true for both men and women. The cause of the entire zinc, a high percentage of which is contained in the seeds of grapes. Zinc is an important element that contributes to sexual initiation. He controls the "behavior" hormone that helps to quickly set up a woman for sex, in addition, he is one of the most important components in the male sperm. If you want to prepare for the nights of love yourself and your partner eat handful raspberries or strawberries.
- In the folk medicine used strawberries as anti-microbial agents for the treatment of beriberi, gout, and uterine bleeding. And also in the treatment of eczema, diathesis, skin rash, small ranok. You just need to put in the pulp of the strawberry sore.
- Berries strawberries and decoction of the leaves of metabolism and the pressure, eliminate the insomnia. Strawberry - excellent preventive tool against diseases such as atherosclerosis and hypertension.
But: Strawberry - a strong allergen. Are prone to allergies you need to reduce its consumption of drink or any of its dairy products. Strawberry is also contraindicated with increased allocation of gastric juice, gastric and liver long colic and appendicitis. Young children and pregnant women strawberries and drinks from its leaves should be used with great caution.
Storing strawberries
When buying strawberries at the store or on the market, choose firm, bright red berries with fresh peduncle. Removal or destruction of the past is the destruction of vitamin C in the berries. If at least one fruit in the package start mold, the mold controversy already spread to other berries, although it may be imperceptible naked eye. Storing in the refrigerator does not make the fruit more tasty and useful. Store fruit at room temperature can be no longer than a few hours - it also contributes to the destruction of vitamin C and darker grapes. To keep strawberries in the best condition, should be free to lay unwashed berries in a spacious tank in 2-3 layers (not more!), And pull the top plastic film. As such, the fruit can be kept lower compartment of refrigerator for 2-3 days. Berries, which you do not plan to use immediately, it is better to gather early in the morning or in the cool day.
Wash berries just before use under cold water, put them in the colander. Never leave fruit lying in the water - they will lose and appearance, and useful quality. Eat strawberries harvested or purchased more as soon as possible. Fresh strawberries is good in any form: from wheat and muesli for breakfast, in fruit cocktails, fruit in a salad, with cream or sour cream. Scientists have taken the formula of an ideal combination of strawberry flavoring with cream. Researchers argue: in order to fully enjoy the taste qualities of foods, you need seven berries strawberries - about 210 grams and 105 grams of cream.
And a few more recipes for dishes from strawberry:
Strawberries in chocolate
Melt a bit of milk or white chocolate and dip strawberries in it (it is desirable to leave the tail). Give chocolate congeal, putting teflon on paper (or tracing paper).
Strawberry Cocktail
100 gr butter ice cream, 200 g strawberry syrup, and 500 g fresh milk whip in mixer or by hand until a homogenous mass of frothy. A spill on the glasses. Separately, whip cream, 100 gr with 50 grams of sugar and a spoon to distribute glasses.
Strawberry mousse
1 Bank of condensed milk 1 kg of ripe strawberries 200 ml water 1 tablespoon lemon juice
400 g sugar 500 ml cream. Flex the masher strawberries and pour in the resulting mass of lemon juice. Cook syrup of sugar and water (boil for about 10 minutes). Cool syrup and mix it with strawberry puree and condensed milk. Received a mixture of strawberry syrup and add chilled whipped cream. Lay the resulting mousse in a cup, and before filing to keep in the refrigerator. Decorate with fresh berries strawberries.
With a view to recommend the medicinal use of the following sauce: 1 cup strawberries, for a quarter cup of apple juice concentrate, sugar and water.
Salt improves the taste of strawberries. At first vzgyad salt and strawberries do not have anything in common between them. Surprisingly, the salt of the best additive to improve the taste of strawberries. Try to wash the strawberries with salt water, salt gives dpolnitelny effect sterilization.
All over the world have used the strawberries are not only fresh, but also cook jam, marmalade, jelly, and also make juices and syrups.
Strawberry is very useful for our skin and is widely used in cosmetology. Masks of the strawberry well podsushivayut and cure acne, reduce pore.
Before the strawberry mask clean skin smazhte this fruit juice. Then 15-20 minutes to apply with cotton pulp from strawberries. Removing pieces of cotton wool, pat them on the face, as if vbivaya juice into the skin. Wash away the mask with warm water or a cotton pad soaked in cold milk. The best way to mask it operates on a dry and chappy skin, giving it elasticity.
Strawberry juice whiten and soften the skin. This miraculous remedy for the removal of pigment spots and freckles. But to achieve the desired result should be almost every day "blacked out" for three weeks.
If the skin is dry, dehydrated, with pigment spots, first wipe it with olive or corn oil. Sunflower sometimes intensifies pigmentation. Take a hot wet compress. Attach it to 5-7 minutes to a person. Then, apply for 10-15 minutes per person from the strawberry mask. This mask is best to wash off this color lime - 2 tablespoons per 1 liter of water.
The mask for lips. Ingredients: 1 berry strawberry, 1 teaspoon of mineral water.
Fresh berries strawberry flex the water and put on lip for 20-30 minutes. Wash off the cream and lip pomassirovat soft toothbrush soaked in cold water. Used daily. Your lips will be bright, and succulent.
Good add razmyatuyu strawberries in the mask of curd, honey, lemon in the cream - along with a spoon of honey. But remember that the strawberry, with frequent use of dry skin, so when you need to impose a strawberry mask Nourishing Cream.
If you want to have a klubnichkoy, it can help you freeze. After all, in the freezer is kept around 6 months. Berries should be decomposed into a tray next to one another, and freeze. And only then shift into a special package for frozen products.
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