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Poland is a country that is one of the leaders in chokeberry production. Its appearance is associated with rowan or small berries (due to its purple color), although the taste is completely different. It is worth using it to make various types of preserves, which you can reach for throughout the year, because it gives them a sour, pleasant taste, and also has a good effect on our health and helps to deal with many infections.
The health properties of chokeberry are very widely used. It will even help deal with many civilization diseases, such as eye diseases, atherosclerosis, and hypertension. In addition, it has anti-cancer properties.
Aronia for healthy eyes and hypertension
Chokeberry tincture is perfect for people suffering from high blood pressure. Thanks to the presence of rutin and anthocyanins, this fruit has a positive effect on the heart and circulatory system, because it prevents the accumulation of excess bad cholesterol in the blood, has anti-atherosclerotic properties and strengthens blood vessels. The latter feature makes chokeberry friendly to our eyes – it improves visual acuity, reduces the risk of glaucoma, cataracts and macular degeneration.
In addition, chokeberry contains many valuable vitamins and ingredients:
- Vitamina C,
- Vitamina E,
- vitaminina B2,
- vitaminina B9,
- vitaminina PP,
- Micronutrients: boron, iodine, manganese, calcium, iron, copper.
More importantly, we will find bioflavonoids in it, i.e. strong antioxidants that counteract viruses, bacteria, fungi, and the effects of solar radiation. Of course, as in the case of antioxidants, they also have an anti-cancer effect, because they fight free radicals. The richness of vitamins and antioxidants contained in aronia will support the body in the autumn and winter, when we are exposed to various types of infections, colds and flu.
Chokeberry juice and tincture
To enjoy the properties of this fruit throughout the year, just make a juice or tincture from it. It is worth reaching for them especially in the fall, when our resistance to diseases decreases. To prepare the juice, just place the chokeberry fruit in a juicer or pot, then heat it (in a pot on low heat) and pour the juice into bottles.
In the case of tincture, you should reach for one glass when you feel the symptoms of a cold (not more often and not more, because despite its health properties, alcohol in excess is always harmful). On the web, we will find numerous suggestions for its preparation and diversifying its taste by adding, for example, honey, vanilla or cinnamon. The simplest method is to sprinkle the chokeberry with sugar and pour over alcohol, and after a month, filter the resulting tincture through gauze into bottles.