This healthy berry belongs to the lingonberry family. It grows only in very damp places. For example, in the lowlands of rivers, in swamps, along lakes. In America and Poland, there are whole plantations of cranberries, and the business of selling this berry is well established.
In terms of its chemical composition, this queen of the swamps (cranberry) is very rich. For example, cranberries contain iron and boron. Found potassium and calcium. Specialists in herbal products have found phosphorus, silver and manganese in cranberries. Magnesium, which is very well-known among physicians, helps the heart work, fights fatigue, controls appetite, and reduces nervous fatigue.
A large amount of bioflavonoids in the medicinal berry. Bioflavonoids, very useful for health, play a leading role in the healing of the body, which invariably requires useful substances for itself. At the moment, nutritional experts have unexpectedly identified antioxidant bioflavonoids such as: resveratrol, glycine, catechins. Zinc, present in cranberries, has become famous as a powerful antioxidant that strengthens enzyme systems. Phosphorus participates in the synthesis of proteins, remarkably protects bones and teeth from premature destruction.
Chromium, found in berries, decomposes dangerous cholesterol, helps produce insulin, and regulates the thyroid gland. The organic acids found in cranberries play a key role in metabolism.
The mass of healing vitamins is represented by the following elements: vitamin B1, B2, B6 and B9. And the berry also boasts vitamins A and E. Both of these essential vitamins are most often used for rejuvenation, for the regeneration of the epidermis, and hair growth. In other words, cranberries will benefit in such areas as folk and official cosmetology.
It also revealed vitamins C and PP necessary for human life.
Cranberry treats vegetative-vascular dystonia, corrects the acid-base balance of human blood, strengthens the functioning of the intestines, stops anemia, maintains an optimal level of blood pressure, helps to eliminate toxins from the body, increases the body's performance, reduces the permissibility of chronic fatigue, and gently corrects the nervous system.
