Did you know why strawberry as the symbol of love in the days of ancient Greece? Is that because the shapes such as hearts? In fact, not. Strawberry as the symbol of love by the people because the ancient Greek color, taste and benefits for humans, especially for beauty and health. Want to know?

Roman group of people as the strawberry plants as medicines is very rich in vitamin C, potassium and folat source. One ounce strawberry contain more vitamin C than one orange citric oz. Like other family berry, strawberry also contain phytochemicals, which function as a powerful antioxidant. Antioxidants will be binding free radicals, thus preventing the onset of disease and delay the process of aging.

In addition strawberry also contain ellagic acid as an antioxidant. In some studies, ellagic acid proven to prevent the growth of tumors in the lungs, oesophagus, breast, cervix, and tongue. Meanwhile, research in the United States to prove, strawberry can reduce the risk of cancer and diseases caused smoke cigarettes. As a traditional medicine, strawberry anti bacterial believed to contain substances used as solvents and digestive system.

With the eight strawberry fruit each day, needs vitamin C and fiber adults have enough. Strawberry has vitamin C content of 56.7 mg per 100 grams. With the vitamin C content of the strawberry believed to be able to reduce the risk of the disease up to 37 percent of the cancer. In addition strawberry is also believed capable of preventing breast cancer and uterus cancer.

Strawberry fruit also has effects that are very good therapy for the prevention of the disease leukemia, anemia aplastik (less aplastik blood) and blood diseases. Two kinds of substances contained therein, "strawberry amine" and "acid tanat," have the effect rein in growth and the occurrence of malignant tumors. In addition, the strawberry also have a high medical value, have the effect of wet lungs and produce body fluids, strengthens spleen and stomach, smooth water inflamed wilted and urine, fever mitigate and eliminate heat, suitable to stimulate appetite, ease cough and many more benefits that can be taken.

Eight strawberry fruit or 1 cup strawberry pieces contain only 50 calories and contain no cholesterol or saturated fatty acid. I wonder if a strawberry snack or a healthy food supplement. The same amount also provides 30 mikrogram (ug) folat acid. This is equivalent to 7.5 percent acid folat daily needs for pregnant women, namely, the 400 ug. Acid folat useful to prevent the tube defect in the fetus nervous. Because strawberry provide 94 milligram of vitamin C, the fruit is effective to keep teeth and gums children to stay healthy. In addition, the content of vitamin C that can be wound healing and helps increase the body's resistance to infection.

In addition to the rich of vitamins, strawberry is also rich in nutrients that contain amino acids, monosakharida, citric acid, pectine, calcium, magnesium, phosphor, minerals and so forth. Elements of nutrients in the fruit strawberry has a very good effect in encouraging the growth of children. If reviewed from medical spectacled, strawberry fruit have content that are useful for the benefit of mankind. Strawberry can decrease rate of cholesterol, helps to immobilize the active work of cancer because of ellagic acid content. Strawberry also able to muffle the symptoms of stroke, substance containing anti-allergy and anti-inflammation substance.

In addition to many benefits for curing various diseases, the fruit also has a major contribution to the world's beauty. 7 concentration of antioxidant substances in the strawberry fruit is higher than the effective or prevent the process of oxidation in the body due to free radicals. In addition, the strawberry is very effective to slow the aging process, "he explained. Content of vitamins B1, B2, C and provitamin A in the strawberry can create and refine the skin color looks brighter, cleaner and can prevent the occurrence of wrinkles on the skin.

According to the knowledge developed in the traditional society, the fruit can be used as a bleaching teeth. How, some fruit extracts strawberry, and then paste in the teeth for one or two minutes. After that, scrub with a brush teeth completely. In a few weeks the results will be visible.

Although strawberry contain many vitamins and nutrients are high, not necessarily we can overuse them, because it can cause interference function of stomach and intestine, especially for people who is kidney function less well and the stones in the ureter. You need to know, the heart-shaped fruit contains Oxalic acid. Consummate the overuse can aggravate the situation disease sufferer.