Oktober 29, 2011

Strawberry Fruit Improve Quality of Red Blood Cells

Strawberry Fruit Improve Quality of Red Blood Cells - Behind the fresh taste of strawberry, Strawberry fruit have much of seed that have benefit to health. One of it can and have ability to keep red blood cell from the damage of oxidation process, So the body be more strong in challenge of disease risks.


Benefit of strawberries and antioxidants in it is already known and proven in vitro or in laboratory. For the first time, researchers from the Marche Polytechnic University and the University of Granada to prove in vivo or direct in humans.

In the experiment whose results appeared in the journal Food Chemistry, researchers involved 12 participants. Each was given an additional 500 grams of strawberry food every day, and blood samples taken on day 4, 8, 12, 16 and a month afterwards.

The results of blood tests showed that consumption of strawberries on a regular basis can increase the capacity of red blood cells or erythrocytes to accommodate the content of antioxidants. Other impacts, the erythrocytes became more resistant to hemolysis or damage caused by oxidation process.

"We proved that the strawberries fruits are able to make red blood cells are more resistant to the effects of oxidative stress. The impact will be very influential in a variety of disease risk," said one researcher, Maurizio Battino as quoted by the ScienceDaily, Thursday (23/06/2011).


source : http://health-food-nutrition.blogspot.com

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