This wild berry is not so common, but, despite this, traditional healers have always used it to prepare various medicines. In addition, lingonberries have an excellent taste.
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Lingonberry: benefits and features
Not only medicinal products are prepared from lingonberry berries. This berry serves as an excellent basis for compotes, fruit drinks, jam. Its peculiarity is that it retains its beneficial properties and nutrients in the maximum amount even after heat treatment. Lingonberries are rich in vitamins A, C and E, group B, carotene and pectin. The use of this berry helps maintain vision and strengthen the body's resistance to various colds.
Lingonberry also contains flavonoids and phytoncides, which helps to improve the appearance of skin and hair. Eating berries will help get rid of extra pounds and even cope with a bad mood (due to the strong aroma and sweet taste).
The lingonberry fructose content is maximum, and sucrose is minimal. Therefore, lingonberries can and should even be used for diabetes (however, you must first consult a doctor, because each case is individual). Strengthening immunity will contribute to the trace elements contained in the berry - calcium, iron, potassium, manganese. They will also help in the fight against gastritis, tuberculosis and anemia.
In addition, due to the content of chromium and copper, lingonberries will strengthen the body's ability to withstand the development of heart attacks. Also, the use of berries will help reduce puffiness (the diuretic effect of lingonberries will affect).
Useful properties are possessed not only by the berry, but also by the juice. It is used in the treatment of colds, in the fight against digestive system problems (also only after consulting a doctor!).
One of the basic rules for using lingonberries is not to eat without consulting a specialist for those who have problems with digestion, especially with secretory function of the stomach. Lingonberries are contraindicated in patients with peptic ulcer of the stomach and duodenum. This berry can lower blood pressure, which contributes to the occurrence of drowsiness, therefore, cranberries should be used very carefully by drivers and those whose work requires extreme concentration and attention.