Content
- Sour cherries: just delicious or healthy?
- A vital substance cocktail
- How do the sour cherries work in the body?
- The special significance of polyphenols
- In what form is the sour cherry the healthiest?
- Tips & Tricks
Sour cherries: just delicious or healthy?
Midsummer - sour cherry time. Anyone who misses the sour cherries misses something. These bright fruits are not only delicious for snacking, for juice and jam. They also convince with their high content of vital substances, which turns them into healthy delicacies.
A vital substance cocktail
Sour cherries are a pure vital substance cocktail. They are rich in minerals, trace elements, vitamins and polyphenols. At minerals they pile up with potassium and calcium. In trace elements, their content of magnesium, zinc and iron is not to be despised. In addition, the high content of folic acid and vitamin C for the consumption of sour cherries.
How do the sour cherries work in the body?
Especially the deep dark red to black varieties are brimming with iron and polyphenols. A glass of freshly squeezed sour cherry juice is therefore ideal to refresh the iron content in the body.
Since sour cherries contain melatonin, which acts as a hormone in the body, they help with sleep problems that occur especially in old age. In addition, they are said to have the following effects:
The special significance of polyphenols
Nutritionists especially emphasize the high content of polyphenols in sour cherries. They are also referred to as anthocyanins. Experiments have shown, for example, that these substances block tumor development in mice or destroy human cancer cells in the colon.
In what form is the sour cherry the healthiest?
It is best if you eat the fresh sour cherries from the garden directly. You can snack them in between, put them in fruit salads and desserts like ice cream or squeeze juices out of them. Processing by pasteurization is not recommended. Heating sour cherries destroys much of their contained polyphenols and vitamins.
Furthermore, you should harvest the sour cherries fully ripe. Then they have the highest content of vital substances. If you can not eat the masses of cherries, dry them or freeze them.
Tips & Tricks
In addition to the fruits, the leaves, flowers, fruit stalks and the sour cherry resin are edible and healthy. For example, the fruit stalks have a slimy and antioxidant effect when you infuse them with tea.
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