Berries cranberries have a pleasant, sourish taste with a little bitter bitterness and astringency. However, in comparison with other berries, cranberries are not particularly popular. And in vain, because this berry is a real natural storehouse of vitamins and nutrients.
Let's see how useful lingonberries are and what dishes with it are the most delicious.
Cowberry berries and their useful properties
Useful properties of cranberries are known for a long time. In the recipes of traditional medicine, not only berries, but also the leaves of this unique plant are used.
In berries cranberries contains an incredible amount of useful substances for our body. First of all, cranberries are very valuable for manganese. Manganese is important for the organs of hematopoiesis. For this reason, decoction of cowberry, compotes and kissels with it is recommended to use after childbirth, with abundant blood loss, during pregnancy.
No less important is manganese for the full operation of the pancreas responsible for the production of insulin. Regular use of cranberries significantly improves the health of people with diabetes.
Answering the question whether lingonberry is useful, it is worth mentioning that in the leaves and berries of cranberries there are strong natural antiseptics - arbutin and tannin. Broths of cowberry are used both externally and internally. An excellent result from the use of cowberry decoctions is observed in inflammatory processes, rheumatism, arthritis, to improve the digestive and genitourinary systems and kidneys.
Earlier in the people, red bilberries were often called cores. This name is not accidental, because cowberry strengthens the heart muscle, helps to remove cholesterol plaques, makes the walls of the vessels more elastic.
Cowberry is indispensable in the treatment of tuberculosis, urolithiasis, gastritis with a low acid content, and also as an anthelmintic agent. Nevertheless, do not trust only the people's means. Recipes using cowberry can not be an alternative to traditional medicine, but an excellent adjuvant, a biologically active additive.
And in cranberries contains a lot of different vitamins. First of all, it is vitamin C, which gives the berry so rich sour taste. It's no secret that vitamin C increases immunity and is especially necessary during a period of high levels of colds and flu. Cowberry is rich in vitamins A and E. The first of them is also necessary for good immunity. In addition, a lack of vitamin A can affect the visual acuity. A vitamin E - a natural source of youth of the skin and the body as a whole.
Nutritional value of cowberry
Cowberry has a very low calorie content - only 43 kcal per 100 g. However, its advantage is not only in the minimum calorie content, but also that this berry can accelerate the metabolism and helps the splitting of fats already stocked by the body, but so unwanted for any fashionista.
Cowberry itself is not particularly popular with gourmets, unlike other berries, which are an excellent treat without additional ingredients.
However, when buying cranberries, you should be sure that the berry is collected in an ecologically clean area. Cowberry has the property to collect and accumulate in the berries harmful substances: radioactive elements, heavy metals, etc.
Therefore, if you intend to get not only a tasty but also a useful treat, make sure that cranberries are collected away from highways and railways, airports and industrial plants.