B L A C K C U R R A N T S

H I G H A N T I O X I D A N T V A L U E

BLACK CURRANTS POSSESS FLAVONOIDCHEMICALS REFERRED TO AS

ANTHOCYANINS, WHICH ARE BENEFICIALAS THEY FIGHT AGING AND CANCER,

AMONG OTHERS. FURTHERMORE, BLACKCURRANTS ARE PACKED WITH VITAMIN A,

A NATURAL ANTIOXIDANT, AND OTHERFLAVONOIDS LIKE ZEAXANTHIN AND

BETA-CAROTENE.

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B O O S T T H E I M M U N E S Y S T E M

VITAMIN C IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT TOKEEP THE SYSTEM HEALTHY AGAINST

INFECTIOUS AGENTS THAT OFTEN MAKEUS SICK LIKE FLU AND SORE THROAT. AS ANATURAL ANTIOXIDANT, THE VITAMIN CPRESENT IN BLACK CURRANTS LIKEWISE

STARVES HARMFUL FREE RADICALS IN THEBODY.

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S P E E D U P M E T A B O L I S M

THIAMINE, FOR EXAMPLE, IS REQUIREDFOR THE METABOLISM OF

CARBOHYDRATES. RIBOFLAVIN,MEANWHILE, IS A KEY ELEMENT IN THE

METABOLISM OF ENERGY, PROTEIN, ANDFAT. WITH INCREASED METABOLISM RATE,

ONE CAN BENEFIT FROM THE IMPROVEDIMMUNE AND NERVOUS SYSTEM AS WELL

AS IN CELL GROWTH.

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E A S E I N F L A M M A T I O N

THE POSITIVE EFFECT OF BLACK CURRANTON INFLAMMATION IS ATTRIBUTED TOTHE HIGH CONTENT OF BOTH GLA AND

ANTHOCYANIN, WHICH EASE MUSCLE ORJOINT PAIN, DAMAGE, AND EVEN

STIFFNESS.

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M A Y Y I E L D P O S I T I V E E F F E C T S T OC O U N T E R S K I N P R O B L E M S

GIVEN THE HUGE ANTIOXIDANT VALUEPRESENT IN BLACK CURRENTS, IT IS NOTSURPRISING WHY THESE BERRIES HELP

SLOW DOWN AGING. HOWEVER, NOT ONLYARE BLACK CURRANTS IDEAL TO PREVENTSIGNS OF AGING AS THEY ARE EFFECTIVE

TO COUNTER SKIN PROBLEMS.

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I M P R O V E C A R D I O V A S C U L A R H E A L T H

BLACK CURRANTS ARE RICH INFLAVONOIDS, WHICH, ACCORDING TO THESTUDY, YIELD POSITIVE EFFECTS TO THE

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. THESEFLAVONOIDS REFINE THE FUNCTIONS OFTHE BLOOD VESSELS AND AT THE SAME

TIME REDUCING THE RISK OF SMALLBLOOD CLOTS.

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M A I N T A I N E Y E H E A L T H

BLACK CURRANTS ARE PACKED WITHANTIOXIDANTS THAT MAINTAIN HEALTHY

EYESIGHT AND AT THE SAME TIMEPREVENTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF

CATARACT. CATARACT IS A DEGENERATIVEEYE DISEASE THAT COMES OUT AS AN

INDIVIDUAL GETS OLDER AS THE LIGHTTHAT ENTERS THE LENS OF THE EYES IS

LIMITED.

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B O O S T B R A I N F U N C T I O N

RESEARCHERS SHOW THATCONSUMPTION OF BLACK CURRANT

EXTRACT AS SUPPLEMENT INCREASESBRAIN FUNCTION AND PERFORMANCE.

THEY ARE ALSO FOUND TO EFFECTIVELYSLOW DOWN THE DECLINE OF THE

COGNITIVE SYSTEM THAT OFTEN RESULTSTO DEMENTIA.

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A I D I N D I G E S T I O N

DID YOU KNOW THAT BLACK CURRANTSAID DIGESTION? THIS IS PRECISELY

BECAUSE OF THE ANTHOCYANINS OR THENATURAL COMPOUNDS RESPONSIBLE FOR

THEIR DISTINCT COLOR. THESEANTHOCYANINS PROMOTE THE LEVELS OF

HEALTHY BACTERIA IN THE GUT.

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P R E V E N T U R I N A R Y T R A C T I N F E C T I O N

BLACK CURRANT IS ALSO CONSIDERED ASA GOOD WAY TO COMBAT URINARY TRACTINFECTION (UTI). UTI IS AN INFECTION IN

THE KIDNEY, URETER, BLADDER, ANDURETHRA. THIS CONDITION OCCURS ASBACTERIA ENTER THE URETHRA TO THE

URINARY TRACT WHERE THEYPROLIFERATE.