Alas, the fresh fruits of summer are a distant memory for many right now. But chin up! You might be able to get just as much nutrition with this winter alternative: freeze-dried.
A recent study showed that, ounce for ounce, freeze-dried black raspberries contain even more cancer-fighting anthocyanins than fresh berries do. And freeze-dried fruit can keep for over a year.
Better-for-You Berries
Blackberries, raspberries, blueberries, and cherries are some of the best cancer-fighters around, thanks to their high anthocyanin content. And since they are made up mostly of water, freeze-drying the berries concentrates the nutrition. For example, the black raspberry study showed that you need only a couple of tablespoons of freeze-dried black raspberries to get the anthocyanin content of a cup of fresh berries. Not too shabby. But keep in mind that, berry for berry, some nutrition is lost through freeze-drying. Plus, you'll feel less full with freeze-dried fruit because there's no water content. (Did you know? Some berries are also a good source of resveratrol.)
Article taken from Real Age Newletter
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