Do you know why strawberry is made as the love symbol on the
ancient Greek era? Is it because its 'love' shape? Evidently, the
answer is no. Strawberry is made as the love symbol by the ancient
Greek people due to its color, flavor, and its benefit for human
being, especially for beauty and health. Curious?
Roman people categorized strawberry as herbal
plant because it is rich with vitamin, folic and potassium source.
One ounce of strawberry contains more vitamin C than one ounce
citron orange. Like the others berry family, strawberry also
contains phytochemicals that can act as a great antioxidant.
Antioxidant will bind free radical so it can prevent disease
uprising and delay aging process.
Not only that, strawberry also contains ellagic acid as
antioxidant. On some studies, ellagic acid is proved could inhibit
tumor growth in lung, esophagus, breast, cervix, and tongue. While
a research in America verified that strawberry could decrease
cancer risk and disease that caused by cigarette smoke. As
traditional medicine, strawberry is believed to contain
antibacterial compound and it have been used as digestive system
cleanser.
By consuming eight strawberries each day, the need of vitamin C
and fiber for adult is sufficed. Strawberry contain 56,7 mg vitamin
C per 100 g. With that much of vitamin C, strawberry is
believed could decrease cancer risk to 37 percent. Beside that
strawberry is also believed could prevent breast and cervix cancer
risk.
Strawberry also has an excellent therapeutic effect for
preventing leukemia, aplastic anemia, and blood disease. Two kinds
of compound which contained inside the strawberry, "strawberry
amine" and "tanat acid", have an inhibition effect of aggressive
tumor. Beside that, strawberry also have high medical value, lung
soaked effect and produced body liquid, strengthen lymph and bilge,
smoothen the urine, soothed fever, suitable to stimulate appetite,
soothed cough, and many more benefits that can be take.
Eight strawberries or one glass of strawberry pieces only
contained 50 calories and don't contained cholesterol or saturated
fatty acid. Because of that, people like to make strawberry as a
snacks or healthy complement. For the same amount, it also gives 30
microgram (µg) folic acid. This is equal with 7.5% of daily needs
folic acid for pregnant mother, which is 400 µg. Folic acid
benefited for preventing neuron tube defection on fetus. Because
strawberry gives 94 mg vitamin C, this fruit effectively taking
care the children teeth and gum to stay healthy. As well as, the
affluent amount of vitamin C could help the wound recovery and
increased the immune system against infection.
Beside the fact, that it is rich in vitamins, strawberry is also
rich in nutrients that contained amino acid, monosaccharide, citric
acid, pectin, calcium, magnesium, phosphor, mineral, etc. The
nutrient aspects on strawberry have the beneficial effect to drive
children growth. According to dr. Irma Bernadette Simbolon, MD.
Head division of Cempaka cosmetic Dermatologist, Cipto Mangun
Kusumo Hospital, that if it is considered from medical view,
strawberry has beneficial compounds for human being. Strawberry can
shrink cholesterol level, helped paralyzed the cancer active works
because of the ellagic acid. Strawberry also can muffle stroke
symptoms, due to its anti allergic and anti inflammation
compounds.
"There're a lot of benefits for the many diseases healing, this
fruit also gives a big contribution to beauty world. Concentrate
from seven antioxidants that is contained on strawberry is higher
than any other fruits and it effectively prevents the body
oxidation process due to the free radicals. Strawberry is very
effective slower the aging process. " she explained. Vitamin B1,
B2, C, and pro-vitamin A on strawberry can soften skin and make the
color skin to look brighter, clean, and could prevent face wrinkles
to occur.