This is the highly prized fruit for fascinating medicinal properties.strawberries have more vitamin C than citrus fruits. According to american food society food rich in vitC lowers the risk of gastrointestinal cancer.1 cup of strawberries provides 140 percent of your recommended daily allowance of vitamin C.straw berry is a superstar when it omes in term of anti-oxidants.they are packed with flavonoids in particular quercetin and kaempferol to name a few...research shows that these 2 flavonoids help keep bad cholesterol from oxidizing and damaging arteries. Strawberries are also ingrained with the property of fighting against chemicals causing cancer by inactivating them.it inhibits the ability of other chemicals to cause mutation in bacteria ,in other words it prevents the detrimental chemicals from binding to DNA and thus reduces the incidence of cancer in human. Compared to a lot of other fruits strawberries are tiny but mighty . it is endowed with a healthy content of iron which makes it especially useful in treatment of anaemia and fatigue as well..1 cup of strawberry has only 43 calories so serves as gud alternative for diabetics.Also composed of slouble fibre pectins which lowers blood pressure and eliminates environmental toxins out of our body. 18 strawberries have the same amount of calories as one unit of peanut candy and wht else u can ask for as they are fat free and hreat pack of nutrition.

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