Nutritional Value: Strawberries Are The Superheroes Of The Fruit Family
July 30th, 2010 | 
Author: An obvious downside when it comes to strawberries, is the fact that they don’t last long once they’ve matured and are picked up. It is truly a shame how fast they start to rot. The nutritional value found in fresh whole raw strawberries is that they have almost no fat of any kind or Cholesterol or salt. What they do have high quantities of, is minerals such as Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Phosphorus and Manganese, as well as vitamin C and flavonoids, and last but not least, fiber. The largest portion of the calories they do contain is their natural sugars but these are the good kind.
Ways of preserving strawberries
Although fresh strawberries offer the best flavor, frozen berries are still very tasty and do retain the nutritional benefits of the fruit in the fresh form. When sugar is added to whole frozen strawberries you can depend on the calorie count to go from a decent 45 per 100 grams to a walloping 200 per 100 grams. Preserved in this manner, strawberries will continue to be a good source of vitamin C, but they certainly won’t help you slim down. For some reason, strawberries that are frozen and sweetened and also sliced are even higher in calories and jump to around 250 calories per average serving size. Canned strawberries that have been packed in heavy syrup have around 235 calories per serving size. They won’t suffer any nutritional value loss. However, the sugar will make their digestion more difficult.
Juice, another use for strawberries
Fixing a juice out of strawberries mixed with bananas and oranges will offer your senses a great flavor experience. This juice will provide the same nutritional value found in fresh strawberries plus added Potassium from the bananas and added Vitamin C from the oranges. This freshly squeezed juice will have an energetic value of approximately 120 calories per 100ml, and a fairly higher sugar content. As for heavily processed canned fruit juices, the sugar content is considerably higher and the nutritional values much lower than the freshly squeezed fruit juice.
More amazing benefits of strawberries:
*Raw strawberries are known to help with lowering the fat levels in the blood, or cholesterol.
*Strawberries can also help with dental hygiene and health. A raw-strawberry massage of your gums and teeth is useful for removing tartar and making your gums healthier.
*Being that they are so rich in fibers, strawberries can help you absorb nutrients more quickly.
*If you’re experiencing high blood pressure, all you need to do is dig in a bowl of strawberries to lower it.
*The potassium that is found in strawberries can help regulate the electrolytes in your body.
*Antioxidant levels are high in these berries, as they are in most berries, and this will help your body counter the ill effects of free radicals in the system. *If you want to detoxify your body, all you have to do is include strawberries in your daily menu and they’ll do the trick for you.
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