RASPBERRY
December 10th, 2011 → 1:10 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food”
RASPBERRY
The raspberry has been a favourite fruit for ages and is rich in antioxidants. The raspberry bush is a small bush and has some thorns on the stems. Forgetting that, it is worthwhile getting a few scratches, for the fruit is delicious and fresh. I mentioned a little boy we looked after for a few hours a day, who had lollies in his little lunch box, but when we introduced him to berries, he raced into the raspberry patch and ate to his heart’s content. The parents started a fruits and vegetable garden after that. It was a native of Europe, but now grown in many countries in a temperate climate, I have grown them in the sub-tropics, but they did not produce the amounts of berries the way they do in the right environment.
Vitamins: C (H), E, K, B2, B3, B6, B9.
Minerals: Manganese, Copper, Magnesium, Iron Zinc and Calcium.
They are high in dietary fibre and low in carbohydrates. Raspberries are one fruit they extract Xylotol from, as well as corn.
NOTE: Raspberry leaves are used as a tea and are very helpful during the last three weeks of a woman’s pregnancy, improving her dialation at time of birth.
