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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