Cherries: Heart Healthy Food
There are two types of cherries: sweet and sour. Sour cherries are lower in calories and higher in vitamin C and beta carotene than the sweet cherries. Cherries are packed with anthocyanins, an antioxidant believed to help protect blood vessels. Cherries in any form provide these heart-healthy nutrients: the larger heart-shaped sweet cherries, the sour cherries used for baking, as well as dried cherries and cherry juice. Read more about cherries here.
Tip: Sprinkle dried cherries into cereal, muffin batter, green salads and wild rice.
Anthocyanins: these are compounds found in plants, particularly berries that have powerful antioxidant properties.
Plants that has a rich supply of Anthocyanins are:
Vaccinium species, such as blueberry, cranberry, and bilberry, Rubus berries including black raspberry, red raspberry, andblackberry, blackcurrant, cherry, eggplant peel, black rice, Concord grape, muscadine grape, red cabbage, and violet petals.
Source: CDC, WebMD, Medical Encyclopedia, Medical Dictionary.
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