How do berries compare to other fruit in terms of health and beauty benefits?
The wonderful thing about berries is that they are an absolute treasure-trove of vitamins and super-nutrients which all seem to work together to potentially help boost various aspects of our health. For example, the beautiful deep purple, blue and red pigments in blueberries and blackberries, strawberries and raspberries are believed to help keep the walls of tiny blood vessels in tact. In theory this may help reduce the risk of little spider veins under our skin. All berries are good for vitamin C which, along with vitamin E in blackberries, helps protect the skin from ultraviolet damage from the sun’s rays and so may play a role in anti-ageing. Then there is ellagic acid in strawberries and raspberries believed to help fight pollutants in our bodies. I also love the fact that they are such a tasty way of getting fibre. Raspberries are especially rich because each raspberry is actually a small cluster of 75 to 125 fibre-rich seeds, with each seed encased in a tiny, juicy lobe of its o
