All powerful benefits of chokeberry
In addition to its healing benefits, chokeberry is also known to contain very few calories and fats, but it has an impressive level of minerals and vitamins.
Aronia is also known as "black chokeberry" and is considered by many to be the healthiest fruit in the world, as it provides more health benefits than any other super-food. This super-fruit originates from North America, but today it is grown and appreciated all over the world.
In addition to its healing benefits, chokeberry is also known to contain very few calories and fats, but it has an impressive level of minerals and vitamins.
This berry is also a good source of many antioxidant vitamins, such as vitamin C, vitamin A, vitamin E, beta-carotene, and folate; and minerals such as potassium, iron, and manganese. 100 g of fresh chokeberry contains about 35% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C.
Black chokeberry consists of significantly high amounts of phenolic flavonoids, called anthocyanins. The total content of anthocyanins is 1480 mg per 100 g of fresh chokeberry berries, and the concentration of proanthocyanidins is 664 mg per 100 g.
You can grow chokeberry in your garden, and you can make everything from it. You can eat it fresh, make juice, jam or wine and you can also dry it.
Thanks to its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects, chokeberry as medicine has many advantages.
- Promotes weight loss
- Improves digestion
- Cancer prevention
- Great for blood counts
- Strengthens immunity
- Improves eyesight
- Regulates blood pressure
- Helps with diabetes
Recipe for chokeberry syrup:
Ingredients:
- 2kg frozen chokeberry berries
- 1kg of sugar
- 1l of water
- Freshly squeezed juice of one lemon
Preparation:
Boil water and sugar until boiling, then add the chokeberries and continue to cook, stirring, for about 20 minutes, then wait for the mixture to cool.
Strain the mixture with gauze, and squeeze the used berries in order to squeeze all the juice from them. Strain the obtained juice over gauze again and cook until boiling, then remove from the heat and add lemon juice, mix well and pour into glass bottles. Dilute 50 ml of the obtained chokeberry syrup with 100 ml of water, and drink this for breakfast or snack.
Drink half an hour before a meal, one to three glasses of brandy a day.
