Superfood in organic fruits and vegetables series – Berries

Berries are a super everyone should know about. This superfood not only prevents and health cancer, but it is also natural beauty fruit that fights ageing. By choosing organic fruits or in this case berries imagine its’ effect as organic fruits and vegetables are its’ purest form. Let investigate this super food group.

As we know, fruits and vegetables are essential ingredients in our every meal. They are a natural provider of nutrients and vitality. Organic fruits offer the most nutritious fruits, and among them, berries are one of the most popular and are called a superfood. They are a sweet, tasty little family of fruit with an incredible amount of good-for-the-health agents. And each member of the berry family offers a different, diverse set of benefits. In this article, let’s discover every one of them.

First, let’s take an overlook about the term “superfood”. What is the definition of superfood? We all know that your eating habit can have a major impact on the way you feel, and how your body function. Load up on the fast food and processed junk will soon make you start to feel sluggish, tired and weighed down. Cram tons of nutrient-dense fruits and veggies into your diet and you’ll likely find yourself full of energy and life. So of course, healthy food makes you feel better. Now, superfoods take it to the next step, helping optimise your body’s ability to function by supplying a megadose of nutrients. Those that are called superfood are jam-packed with nutrients, much more than another kind of food,  and can help provide your body with the vitamins and minerals you need to thrive, survive and make you feel great.

Health benefits of berries

Now, berries are a superfood. These fruits may look tiny, but the number of nutrients they bring is huge. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest health benefits they provide us:

Berry family.

Heart health: Berries are anthocyanin-rich foods, their anti-inflammatory and anti-platelet properties may be able to help prevent inflammation in the blood vessels that lead to heart disease. Research suggests that people who eat anthocyanin-rich foods (about 3 or more servings per week) were less likely to have high blood pressure, heart disease, and may also be at a lower risk for having a heart attack.  

Anti-cancer: Anthocyanins also contain antioxidant-properties and act to help clean up and repair the damage that occurs to our bodies that over time can increase the risk for diseases including cancer. Research suggests that anthocyanins may help prevent damage to DNA- which is the key to cancer prevention. It also suggests that cyanidin- one of the anthocyanin compounds found in blackberries, black rice and other berries may help to reduce the risk for lung cancer and lymphoma. 

Brain health: Anthocyanins also has an important role in brain health. The powerful anti-inflammatory properties that help to keep blood vessels healthy; so naturally it also helps prevent age-related declines in brain health and memory. 

Muscle recovery: The anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties may help to soothe and repair exercise-induced muscle damage, prevents muscle soreness

Delay ageing: Free radicals are the cause of various age-related problems. If you are currently dealing with ageing symptoms, then berries are your saviour. This superfood is the number 1 fruit in the world when it comes to antioxidants. The abundance of vitamin C is also a big factor to combat this problem. You can prevent signs of ageing like wrinkles, age spots, cataracts, osteoporosis, hair loss, dementia, and Alzheimer’s disease by eating berries

Eyes care: Berries are the best alternatives for contact-lenses, eye-drops, medications, and eye surgeries. They can prevent or delay all eyes-related problems like macular degeneration, cataracts, myopia and hypermetropia, dryness, and infections, particularly those relating to the retina. Macular degeneration is a serious problem where the retina of the eye degenerates gradually, ultimately leading to complete or partial blindness. Berries contain special antioxidants called carotenoids (lutein, zeaxanthin etc.), flavonoids (like rutin, resveratrol, quercetin etc.), and other antioxidant compounds like vitamin A, C, E, selenium, zinc, and phosphorus, which are all very beneficial and essential for ocular health.

Promote digestion: The roughage (fibre) present in berries prevents constipation. Also, the vitamins, sodium (need for blood regulation), copper (need for the proper growth of the body), fructose (sugar), and acids improve digestion by stimulating the correct gastric and digestive juices to move food smoothly and safely through your gastrointestinal system.

Popular Berries Brief

What’s even more wonderful about berries is: this superfood not only provides various benefits, it comes in many types, so you are free to choose a berry that suits your taste. The list below gives you a brief introduction to some of the most popular berries in the berries family such as Blueberry, cranberry, acai berry, goji berry, blackberry, raspberry, etc.

Blueberry:  Blueberries are not only popular but constantly rank near the top regarding their antioxidant capacities among all fruits, vegetables, spices and seasonings. Studies suggest that blueberries may reduce memory decline, heart attack risk, and may provide other anti-ageing benefits. They are also an excellent source of vitamins C and K, manganese and a good source of dietary fibre.

Familiar berry with us.

Cranberry:  Cranberries have a long history of use for medicinal purposes, including treatments for wounds, urinary disorders, diarrhoea, diabetes, stomach ailments and liver issues. There is some evidence that cranberry can help prevent urinary tract infections.

Cranberry: useful remedy.

Acai berry: One of the earliest contenders in the miracle-food market, açai berries are harvested from native açai palm trees in the rainforests of South America. In the Amazon, the berries are beaten into a pulp, diluted in water and eaten with manioc, meat, fish or dried shrimp. It is believed that this little berry can tame arthritis and cancer, help with weight loss and high level of cholesterol, give a boost to erectile dysfunction, aid detoxification and provide overall health exuberance. Açai berries have proven to be a good source of antioxidants, fibre and heart-healthy fats. Açai can be eaten raw, in capsules, in beverages such as juice, smoothies or energy drinks, and other food products.

Many useful virtues of acai berry.

Goji berry: These small, red berries have been used by Chinese herbalists for millennia to help eyesight, boost the immune system and promote longevity. Although there are few published clinical trials, many of goji berries’ reported health benefits are related to their high antioxidant concentration. They have remarkably high levels of vitamin C, beta-carotene, amino acids, iron and B vitamins. Available dried, they taste kind of like a dried cherry with a slightly metallic and salty tinge; they are also available in powder, juice or supplement form.

The dry form of Goji berries

 A useful remedy for heath.

Blackberry: Blackberries are special because they offer beyond their basic berry goodness. Notorious for their high levels of dietary fibre, vitamin C, vitamin K, folic acid and manganese, they also rank well for antioxidant strength, with notable levels of polyphenolic compounds, such as ellagic acid, tannins, ellagitannins, quercetin, gallic acid, anthocyanins and cyanidins. By many accounts, blackberries are considered one of the strongest antioxidant foods. Blackberry is incredibly helpful to prevent cancer, ensure brain function and the cardiovascular system. And of course, it gives you perfect, healthy skin too.

Many wonderful virtues of blackberry.

Raspberry: Because of their aggregate fruit structure, raspberries are among the highest fibre-containing foods, with up to 20 percent fibre per its’ total weight. Therefore, raspberry is the best fruits to eat to lose weight, as the fibre aids in the slowing down of the digestive process, hence making you feel fuller longer. They are also a great source of vitamin C, manganese, B vitamins 1–3, folic acid, magnesium, copper and iron. As for the antioxidants, raspberries contain the all-important anthocyanins, ellagic acid, quercetin, gallic acid, cyanidin, pelargonidin, catechins, kaempferol and salicylic acid. All these nutrients make raspberry a wonderful remedy to prevent infections and ageing problems.

 Beauty and health through raspberry.

With the enormous amount of health benefits, no wonder berry is called a superfood. There are so many known ingredients in these berries that are so vital to our well being. These berries are just some of the common berries that most of us have access to,  there are still many more kinds of berries and many benefits that we yet to discover.

With normal berries, it is amazing already, image these as organic fruits. As mention throughout our website. Organic has a more of an advantage over the purity of the fruits. With no harmful chemical attached to the fruits imaging explosive power in nutrition and benefit this organic fruits can give you. If you can, buy organic fruits in this case berries.

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