CHERRIES

Here comes the Cherry season :-) How many of you are aware of the cherry season ??

MAY-JULY..  National Cherry day is celebrated on July-16th

Cherries have a very short peak season, and cherries are known to have a short shelf life just like strawberries. That is you have to finish of the fruit in maximum 2 days, otherwise you just have to discard the fruit as it will lose all the nutrients and even get rotten.

Not only do they look beautiful, attractive, cherries are power house of nutrients and full of antioxidants, and in fact they are known to have highest content of antioxidants. Commonly termed as "Dessert Fruit" Cherries are delicious in taste.

DIABETES : Cherries are "YES" for Diabetics, as they have a low-glycemic index(22) compared to other fruits.

INSOMNIA( lack of sleep): How many of you find it difficult to sleep well?? A handful of cherries may help you. As Cherries are a good source melatonin, which has a calming effect on your nervous system.

MUSCLE ACHES: Got to see many cases, complaining of post work-out muscle pain!! Due to increased awareness of fitness regime, most of the people attend gyms, and they do take care of their food too, like increase in the protein intake to cope with the muscular training exercises, but in order to reduces the muscle aches instead of popping a pain killer, better to have natural diet which acts as a natural pain killer, and anti-inflammatory effects. Cherries will serve you in this matter. Cherries  act in the same way as the pain killer drugs act.

GOUT: Cherries also help to prevent or reduce Gouty arthritis, Osteoarthritis etc..

ALZHEIMERS DISEASE: Obviously, Cherries serve to increase your memory power, as they have the maximum amount of anti-oxidants, thus prevent the incidence of Alzheimer's disease.

JET LAG: Cherries can be your close friend in case you are suffering from jet lag after a long flight journey :-)

HYPERTENSION: The good amount of Potassium maintains the heart rate and blood pressure. Phytosterols in Cherries controls the bad cholesterol levels in the body.

Cherries are also rich in fibre, Vitamin C, antioxidants like Anthocyanins, Cyanidin, Quercetin, Phytonutrients, Vitamins, Minerals like Zinc, Copper, Manganese, Potassium, Iron etc.

Cherries are known for their alkaline content and thus keeps our body at a perfect balance by maintaining the pH.

A half cup of cherries thrice a week will keep you healthy :-)

Before you hesitate to buy the Cherries, thinking they are a bit costly compared to other fruits, just compare the price of Cherries with the Pizza or any Junk food which are empty calories.

Invest your money not only in Real estate, Shares, Gold, or whatever but also in good natural, healthy food that will keep you healthy forever so that you can enjoy each and every moment of life :-)

GOOD DAY :-)