Cherry: What properties does it have and how does it affect the intestines?

Among the fruit and berry crops, sweet cherry stands out for its early harvest. Culture is often found in gardens.Its berries have excellent taste as fresh, and after heat treatment and canning. Home-made fruits produce excellent compotes, jams, jellies, jams. Moreover, the berries of cherries also have a mass of useful properties.

This fruit tree belongs to the Pink family. An adult plant can reach a height of 10 meters. Fruits of sweet cherry have saturated red or bright orange coloring. In some varieties, the fruits are white or yellow. The berries are quite large, about 2 cm in diameter.

Initially, sweet cherry was considered a southern plant. According to scientists, the birthplace of culture is Asia Minor. For cultivation in Russia, cherries became suitable thanks to the efforts of the famous breeder Michurin. At the end of the 19th century, he bred the varieties “Firstborn”, “First Swallow”, “Kozlovskaya”.

Many confuse these two plants. Indeed, they are very similar. First of all, the appearance of the berries is misleading. To clearly understand that these are different cultures, it is necessary to understand their differences from each other.

• Tastes of fruits are noticeably different. Cherry is much sour, but juicier. Sweet cherry fruits are sweet and fleshy.
• Cherry leaves are much larger than cherry, and the trunk has a lighter shade.
• Cherry grows like a tree and as a shrub. Sweet cherry grows only as a tree.
• Cherry trees are more adapted to the conditions of most regions of Russia. They can be found in gardens or wild almost everywhere.
• The color of cherry fruit is darker and deeper (from maroon-red to brown). Cherry berries are lighter, usually bright red, sometimes yellow, dark orange or white.

Caloric content of 100 g of berries of sweet cherry makes 50 kcal. Protein content - 1.1 g, carbohydrates - 11, 5 g, fat - 0.4 g. As part of the fruit there is a mass of valuable substances:

• pectin;
• vegetable fiber;
• organic acids;
• vitamins of groups A, C, E, PP, H;
• trace elements (potassium, calcium, compounds of copper and iron, phosphorus, manganese, iodine, zinc, magnesium).

The benefit of the product for the body is difficult to overestimate.

• Eating berries helps lower cholesterol.
• Due to the fact that the product contributes to the dilution of the blood, reducing its viscosity, the use of sweet cherries is recommended for people diagnosed with vein thrombosis.
• The substances contained in the berries of this culture are actively incorporated into the blood formation process. They stimulate the production of leukocytes and other important components of the blood and lymph.
• Pulp and fruit juice has a mild diuretic effect. Therefore, these products are included in the course of treatment and purification of the kidneys as an adjuvant.
• The fruits of sweet cherry positively affect the liver. They stimulate its work, contributing to the purification and elimination of toxins from the body and from the body as a whole.
• Cherry varieties with dark berries are recommended for use by those suffering from hypertension. They help reduce pressure. In addition, regular use of the product stabilizes the nervous system.
• The berries of this fruit crop is recommended to include in the diet. Substances present in the fruit, stimulate the metabolism, help get rid of toxins and slags.

• The berries of this fruit crop are a very important product in the diet of people suffering from anemia. A large ratio of iron helps to compensate for the deficiency of this trace element in the blood.
• Beta-carotene, contained in large quantities in fruits, has a positive effect on vision.
• B vitamins (in particular, B1 and B2) reduce brittleness of nails and hair. Also, the use of sweet cherry helps to strengthen bones.
• Actively use sweet cherry and as a cosmetic. Masks from the pulp of ripe fresh fruits literally renew the skin of the face. It noticeably pulls up and takes on a healthy look.
• In addition to berries, other parts of the plant are used in folk medicine. For example, a decoction of the leaves is used as a firming, immunostimulating and anti-inflammatory agent. Even the bones of cherry fruit have healing properties. They have a lot of essential oils and organic fats. They also contain a valuable substance - amygdalin. Infusion of sweet cherry kernels is used as a diuretic and anti-inflammatory agent for diseases of the urogenital system.
• Fruits of cherries are not dangerous for future mothers. On the contrary, they saturate the body of a pregnant woman with useful and necessary substances during this period. Berries of a light color are hypoallergenic and can be included in the diet of children of any age.

Many wonder if this berry is weak or strong. Some doubt whether it is possible to use this product for constipation. It is proved that the berries of cherries have a mild laxative effect. They stimulate the motility of all parts of the intestine and contribute to its purification.

Cherry fruits are indicated for colitis, intestinal atony, gastritis with high acidity and other gastrointestinal diseases. Unlike most fruits and berries, contraindicated in gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, sweet cherry does not cause discomfort, pain and deterioration of health in these diseases.

Patients with diabetes should use the product in small quantities. In addition to fructose harmless in this disease, the fruit contains a large amount of sugars of other types. Due to the fact that sweet cherry stimulates the bowels and increases peristalsis, this berry is contraindicated for people suffering from intestinal obstruction and adhesive disease of the pelvic organs.

You will learn more about the benefits and contraindications for the use of sweet cherries by watching the following video.

Any fruits or berries are really useful only if they are not spoiled, have the necessary ripeness and have not been subjected to chemical treatment. Therefore, at the end of the article about the fruits of cherries, it is worth touching on the rules for choosing this berry in the market or in the store.

• On the territory of our country, sweet cherry fruits in summer. To purchase a really fresh berry, it is worth buying it in the season of ripening, that is, in the second and third months of summer.
• Fruits on the counter should be dry, with no signs of damage and rotting. When pressing the berries should not wrinkle, ripe fruit is always elastic. Damage to the skin, its fading, dents on the surface of the fetus and its excessive softness suggests that the cherry is already perelezhala and begins to deteriorate.
• On the ripeness of sweet cherry can also tell the stem. If it is dry, it means that the berries have ripened or are on the counter for a very long time and are far from fresh. In a ripe crop, taken from a branch in time, the stem remains green.