The benefits and harms of cherries for human health

This berry has unique beneficial properties, known since ancient times.

The long-awaited summer, and with it the season of cherries. Read more on Ivona about the beneficial properties of this berry.

Today there are more than 1000 varieties of cherries, from black to pink and yellow. Early varieties of sweet cherries are poorly stored, so used is usually fresh.

An indicator of good berries is not only a great appearance of fruit, but as the peduncle. If they are dry and lose color, it means that cherries and cherries are already ripe or long stored. Green elastic peduncle say about the high quality and freshness of the berries. When buying sweet cherries should be dry, crushed, dense and shiny.

Cherry is good as a dessert as well as cake decorating, additives to ice cream, in baked goods. Late cherries are dried, frozen, made from berries compotes, preserves, jams, aromatic liqueurs.

The use of cherries
Lovers cherries should be aware that the content of nutrients such as calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus and silicic acid is higher in darker varieties compared to light.

Berries dark cherries varieties help to strengthen the walls of capillaries, inhibit atherosclerotic manifestations, help with hypertension and anemia. Coumarins contained in the cherries, lower the threshold for blood coagulation, prevent the formation of plaques and blood clots, help in the treatment of anemia. Cherry has an analgesic effect, helping rheumatism, gout, arthritis.

Because this berry has a mild laxative effect, it is useful for heart, liver and kidneys. Cherry and cherry juice effective at cold and high temperature. It is important to eat plenty of cherries in their raw form, because, firstly, the nutrients are destroyed by heat treatment, and secondly, this treatment loses the valuable enzyme contained in the dark varieties, which helps prevent tooth decay. A decoction of the stalks of cherries regulates heart activity, it is also used in irritability and nervousness.

Cherry – the perfect berry for a child, because it contains carotene, vitamins B 1, B 2, B 3 and C. All of these substances are very important in the formation of bones and teeth, nervous system and blood, besides silicic acid has a positive effect on intelligence.

Another important advantage of cherries is that it very effectively helps in various skin diseases such as eczema, psoriasis and acne. And to freshen and soothe dry skin, make a mask of mashed fruits cherries mixed with sour cream.

The dangers of cherry
Cherry is not recommended for people with gastritis with high acidity of gastric juice and diabetes. Fresh berries of sweet cherry can not eat immediately after eating – this can cause gas and indigestion.

You should not eat cherries with impaired patency of the intestine, as it can aggravate the disease.

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