Horticulture in the service of health: a berry of gooseberries, benefit and harm

Gooseberries are one of the most popular garden plants, a fruit bearing shrub that can be found in orchards and front gardens. If the culture is well cared for, the yield from one bush reaches in a good year 23 kg - agree, nice! And the bushes, planted along the fence, grow quite powerful (up to 150 cm in height) and are considered an excellent hedge.

Tasty and healthy

Why do they appreciate and love gooseberry? The benefits and harms of its fruits will be discussed below. Well-ripened berries are nice-sweet, with a light sourness. In a fresh form they can be eaten without fear, especially for those who are afraid to recover. Caloric content of 100 g of berries is only 44 kcal. The composition of the juice and pulp of the product includes such important substances for the human body as pectin, apple acid, lemon. Serotonin and flavonoids, folic acid, iron, iodine, sodium, potassium, manganese, calcium, phosphorus and many other chemical elements, vitamins C, B, A and others - that's what makes gooseberry rich.

Benefits and (the harm is caused by the individual intolerance of any of the listed substances) the need for regular use of berries is undeniable. Gooseberries give strength and elasticity to the walls of the vessels. Destroys cholesterol plaques. Helps actively fight against impending sclerosis, improves memory, mental processes. Suspended growth of malignant and benign tumors ripe gooseberry. Benefits (and harm to illnesses) of it with such diagnoses are proved by the vast experience of traditional medicine. The use of this fruit helps to cleanse the body of free radicals. Gooseberries several times increases immunity, leads to the order of metabolism, positively affects the organs of hematopoiesis. It has proven itself as a natural light laxative, urine and choleretic. In a word, a real natural pharmacy, and only! Is it any wonder that the composition of many pharmacological preparations and recipes of folk medicine includes gooseberries? The benefits and harms of it in this case are not comparable, given that the latter with a competent approach is extremely rare.

The prescription guide

Berry juice (naturally, natural, cooked at home, not factory) is taken by itself, in half with water or with the addition of honey. A pure product should be drunk when it is necessary to purify the body of radio-decay products. Honey drink is good for anemia, anemia, bleeding, skin inflammation. Diluted with water, it saves from thirst and normalizes metabolic processes. Increases hemoglobin fresh gooseberry. Benefits and harm with the use of fresh berries for some patients - a controversial issue, because Possibly worsening of those who suffer from all sorts of colitis, stomach ulcers and other gastrointestinal disorders. But undoubtedly the benefits of gooseberry with constipation, violations of the intestine. To cope with the disease, prepare a berry broth, insist and drink 3-4 times a day, 50 grams until the problem is resolved. The recipe is very simple: a handful of berries (not less than a tablespoon) is poured with a glass of boiling water and boiled for 10-12 minutes, then it is defended, filtered and drunk. The berry of gooseberries is also popular in home canning. From it you get a delicious jam, excellent compotes and juices.

Eat plenty of berries, stock up from the heart for the winter and be healthy!