{"id":2404,"date":"2014-06-25T16:47:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T16:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clientgeneratingwebsite.com\/jennings\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2022-01-01T02:39:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T07:39:22","slug":"your-bones-brilliant-berries-and-pesty-mold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/food4healthybones.com\/blog\/your-bones-brilliant-berries-and-pesty-mold\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Bones: Brilliant Berries and Pesty Mold"},"content":{"rendered":"
Do you love the summer like I do? Summer brings brilliant berries and pesty mold. Berries are so good for our bones.<\/p>\n
Have you ever purchased a pint of those mouthwatering local raspberries, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries to find them growing mold the next day? Total bummer!<\/p>\n
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Quoting Dr. Andrew Weill \"blueberries provide lots of antioxidant compounds that are good for our general health. A study suggests that they may help strengthen bones too. An animal study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture has shown that baby rats fed foods containing 10 percent freeze-dried blueberry powder developed significantly more bone mass than baby rats who didn't get blueberry power in their food.\"<\/p>\n
If you follow Dr. Joel Fuhrman's ANDI score:<\/p>\n
A<\/strong>ggregate N<\/strong>utrient D<\/strong>ensity I<\/strong>ndex, ANDI brings to life the H = N\/C health equation or<\/p>\n Health = Nutrient divided by Calories. This formula brings awareness to the micronutrient density of your diet vs. simply counting calories. The ANDI Nutrient Score is a rating system based on 0-1000 adding up most of the vitamins and minerals they deliver for each calorie consumed. Within the fruit selection BERRIES have the highest ANDI score.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here's a simple tip that works like a charm; give them a vinegar bath.<\/strong><\/p>\n Recipe: Ingredients<\/p>\n 1 Tablespoon Organic Apple Cider Vinegar<\/p>\n 10 Tablespoons filtered water<\/p>\n Fresh berries<\/p>\n The vinegar kills any mold spores and other bacteria that may linger on the surface of the berries.<\/p>\n Raspberries<\/strong> will last a week or more - really.<\/p>\n Strawberries<\/strong> go almost two weeks without getting moldy and soft.<\/p>\n Buy organic berries. Strawberries in particular are heavily sprayed with pesticides and are listed on the Dirty Dozen List you can find here: Dirty Dozen<\/a>.<\/p>\n Can you help me spread the word? Please share with friends\/family, retweet, repost on your Facebook page using the easy share links on the side or the bottom of this post<\/p>\n AND<\/p>\n\n
Your comments inspire me!<\/h2>\n