Health Benefits : Blackcurrant

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Blackcurrants were once described as a ' fruit flavoring longevity '.

Since they are specially rich in vitamin C, a vital preservative from cancer and heart disease. this reputation seems well founded.


Additionally pigments called anthocyanosides in the purple-black skins of blackcurrants appear to have bactericidal qualities, and an anti-inflammatory action, both put to good use in the country remedy for sore throats, hot blackcurrant juice sipped slowly.

An easy way to make this is to simmer half a cup of blackcurrants in two cups of hot water for 10 minutes then strain and add some honey.

Alternatively, pour boiling water on to a good blackcurrant jelly.

The vitamin C in blackcurrants, incidentally, is particularly stable.

French studies have shown that other substances in the fruit inhibit its oxidation, and a syrup of blackcurrants loses only 15 & of its vitamin C in a year.