May is National Strawberry Month
May is National Strawberry Month in the US. One of America’s favorite fruits, strawberries are packed with powerful nutrients. They contain essential vitamins, potassium, dietary fiber, and disease-fighting phytochemicals, and it’s time to celebrate them.
Strawberries are grown in abundance in California, and a drive in the countryside is a delight this time of the month as the roads are lined with fruits stalls, filled with delicious strawberries, cherries, blackberries, and blueberries.
One serving or about 8 strawberries have only 45 calories and more vitamin C than an orange. The flavonoids and ellagitannins in strawberries have antiinflammatory, anticarcinogenic, and antimutagenic properties, and help protect the body against damaging effects of free radicals. More….
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