Strawberry is a multifunctional berry and soon you will see that this is not a joke. This "relative" strawberries and used in folk medicine, and home beauty recipes, just as much as it is generally known to man. And still, the strawberry contains vitamin "for women".
What vitamins are in a strawberry?
Let's go shortly according to the list of what vitamins (and not only vitamins) are contained in strawberries:
- vitamin A;
- vitamin C;
- vitamins B1, B2, B5, B6, B9;
- vitamin E;
- potassium;
- magnesium;
- sodium;
- iron;
- sulfur;
- zinc;
- calcium;
- + our secret "female" vitamin.
Let's start with the trump card of the berry - vitamin C, which in the strawberry is a dime a dozen. It turns out that 6-7 strawberry berries, according to the content of ascorbic acid, are equal to the whole orange. We remind you: vitamin C increases immunity, helps to heal wounds, and also prevents the development of wrinkles.
Vitamins A and E are called differently - some say that they are antioxidants, while others insist on a "folk" name - vitamins "beauty and reproduction". Indeed, these vitamins are struggling with the processes of aging, protect us from cancer, the accumulation of free radicals, well, and, finally, act as the most natural Viagra.
B group vitamins normalize nervous activity, increase mood , accelerate thinking processes and relieve sudden bouts of depression.
What "female" vitamins contain strawberries?
So, with what vitamins contains strawberries - figured out, but we still have our secret "female" vitamin.
It turns out that the berry habitual to us contains ellagic acid. This organic acid prevents the development of breast, skin, intestines, esophagus. In China, where esophageal cancer is a very common disease, in the course of research it was possible to prove the property of strawberry to inhibit the reproduction of cancer cells.
In addition, 100 g of strawberry contains 13% of the daily norm of folic acid. This substance is not only vitally necessary for women for conception itself, but also for the fetus not to develop congenital malformations - "wolf mouth", "hare lip", etc.
And another interesting study was conducted on the basis of strawberries. Not only do you like to add sugar to the already sweet, strawberry. It turns out that after consuming strawberry puree with sugar, the blood glucose level did not rise as sharply as when taking the same amount of sugar, but with water. This allows us to conclude that strawberries can successfully prevent the development of diabetes.