Tag: strawberries
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Savor Strawberries Everyday to Keep Dementia at Bay
Krikorian, a professor emeritus in the UC College of Medicine’s Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, explains that both strawberries and blueberries contain antioxidants, which are associated with various health benefits, including cognitive and metabolic enhancements. Epidemiological data also suggests that regular consumption of these berries is linked to a slower rate of ). Apart…
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Strawberries: A Berry Good Solution to Cognitive Decline?
The 35 healthy men and women aged 66 to 78 took part in the double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. For eight weeks, each participant ingested 26 grams of freeze-dried strawberry powder, equivalent to two servings of strawberries per day, or a control powder ( ). Strawberry eating boosted cognitive processing speed by 5.2%, lowered systolic blood pressure…
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Strawberries Linked to Hepatitis A Outbreak Recalled From Major Stores
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating a multistate outbreak of hepatitis A infections that may be linked to organic strawberries sold at popular grocery chains like Walmart, Trader Joe’s, and Safeway. They were labeled as FreshKampo or HEB strawberries, and, while they are past shelf life, they should be thrown away if they’ve…
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Fresh Strawberry Recipes: And Other Ways To Use and Preserve Them
These fresh strawberry recipes will help you use up your fresh berries and also preserve some berries so you can enjoy them all year long. When the strawberry season rolls around we stock up in a grand way. We like to purchase enough local, organically grown strawberries to last an entire year. Sure, the fresh…
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Benefits of Strawberry Leaf and Strawberry Leaf Tea
Let’s talk about all the strawberry leaf benefits that you have probably never heard of. And learn how to make yummy strawberry leaf tea. Use Up Your Garden It’s fall, and I’m cleaning out my garden, putting some plants to bed while dividing and resetting others. This is the time of the year that I…