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Why strawberries become a symbol of love in ancient Greece? Could it be because of its shape resembling a heart?

it was not, strawberries become a symbol of love by the ancient Greek society because of taste, color and the benefits of these fruits. Plants are classified as herbaceous fruit plant was first discovered in the country of Chile, the United States. One of them is the famous species Fragaria L Chilioensis which spread to various parts of the world such as America, Europe and Asia. There was also the type of F. Vesca. L, and this is kind of the first entry into Indonesia. And now there are more than 700 kinds of strawberries that spread all over the world. The fruit is red this indicates that the fruit is rich in color pigment and antioxidant antosianin very high. Because of the high antioxidant content of strawberries has properties that very much. Besides strawberries were in vitamin C, fiber, low calorie, folate, potassium, and ellagic acid.
So by consuming eight strawberries every day, then the need for vitamin C and fiber, fulfilled adults. Strawberries contain Vitamin C as much as 56.7 mg per 100 grams. Vitamin C is believed to reduce cancer risk of 37% as released by the Women’s Health Study. Strawberries are also believed to be able to prevent breast cancer and cervix.
Benefits Strawberries namely:

*. whiten teeth
*. Anti cancer
*. overcome the heat in
*. forgetful drug
*. increase sexual arousal

The decrease in consumption of bread – about 10 percent in just the last year – is due in large measure, the little knowledge about the nutritional benefits of this product and poor medical guidance which was devoted to extending mistakenly believing that bread is fattening.

Experts meeting in Madrid on the occasion of the presentation of the ‘White Paper Pan’ stated that, undoubtedly, the bread is the food that contributes to better nutritional balance, as it provides an important part of carbohydrate of dietary fiber, minerals and vitamins.

Not to mention that this is not a diet rich in fats or sugars, so that the bread itself is not fattening not only provided the diet and living habits are good, but contributes to a healthier diet.

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