cheryl
Administrator
Staff member
Be thankful for cranberries' health benefits all year long - Medical Express
No respectable Thanksgiving plate is without some form of cranberry, but the fruit's popularity seems to plummet the other 364 days of the year.
That's a shame, nutrition experts say, because cranberries deliver a bundle of health benefits. And they're quite efficient: A cup of raw cranberries carries just 50 calories.
So why aren't they more of an everyday food? It may come down to taste.
"They're a little bit more bitter than blueberries or other berries that have those phytochemicals and a little bit crunchier," said Maya Vadiveloo, an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Rhode Island.
No respectable Thanksgiving plate is without some form of cranberry, but the fruit's popularity seems to plummet the other 364 days of the year.
That's a shame, nutrition experts say, because cranberries deliver a bundle of health benefits. And they're quite efficient: A cup of raw cranberries carries just 50 calories.
So why aren't they more of an everyday food? It may come down to taste.
"They're a little bit more bitter than blueberries or other berries that have those phytochemicals and a little bit crunchier," said Maya Vadiveloo, an assistant professor in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences at the University of Rhode Island.