Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Lifestyles Ideas Management - Strawberries

What’s shaped like a heart, look nice and good to eat and is good for health?
Strawberries say an article on health website webMD.com.
This little berry can protect your heart, increase HDL (good) cholesterol, lower your blood pressure and guard against cancer. It is also packed with vitamins and fiber and contains very high level of antioxidant known as polyphenols.
Strawberries are sodium cholesterol and fat free, a good source of manganese and potassium and a low-calorie food that is rich in antioxidant. Just one serving – about eight strawberries provides most vitamin C than an orange.
This member of the rose family is not technically a fruit or a berry but the enlarge receptacle of the flower. Strawberries first cultivated in ancient Rome are now the most popular berry fruit in the world. They do not ripen once they are picked so buy the ones that are a deep red, firm and plump. Some people regard them as an aphrodisiac so they could be good for your heart in more way than one.