Improving your immunity and helping your body resist harmful infections is not possible by drinking one tablet. This requires a long work on oneself, in the process of which the attitude to one's own diet and lifestyle is revised. More vitamins in the form of fruits, vegetables, berries are added to food, and periodic loads in the hall and in the fresh air join the sedentary work.
In order not to lose sight of the most popular summer source of vitamins - berries, it is worth considering how to preserve them for the time being cold, in order to maintain the body at this time. Someone freezes the berries, and someone makes delicious preparations, for example, compote from raspberries and currants. Just these two berries can become a source of health during periods of virus activity.
Useful properties of raspberries
You can talk about this product for an incredibly long time, because raspberries are considered a real storehouse of vitamins and minerals.
Interestingly, scientists still have not been able to determine where this berry first appeared. It is only known that it has existed for 2000 years. This is a proof that people began to cultivate raspberries a very long time ago, perhaps this explains the impressive healing effect of its use.
The berries contain a huge amount of substances, the common name of which is phytonutrients. Their high content can completely protect the body from inflammatory processes and significantly reduce the risk of chronic diseases. Most phytonutrients in raspberries are aimed at eliminating oxidative processes, which inhibits the action of harmful organisms and substances. Raspberry shows itself as a great fighter with obesity, diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension; It also strengthens blood vessels and fights tumors.
Useful properties of currants
Currants can also be called a real berry pharmacy. Back in the 16th century legends circulated about its properties, and the most famous beauties added it to their breakfasts to support the body.
Currants contain pectin and tannins, potassium, iron, mineral salts, amino acids and vitamins A, B1, B2, C, P, which have a beneficial effect on the human body, resist inflammatory and tumor processes, improve peristalsis and blood coagulability, eliminate excess cholesterol and salt, and also help the cardiovascular system.
In addition, the berry is valued for having a high amount of provitamin A (carotene), which is needed for vision, the immune system and the musculoskeletal system. Redcurrant is also a powerful antioxidant that fights skin aging.
How to cook compote?
You can delight yourself with a delicious drink in the summer season, when the berries are the most healthy and fresh. Stewed raspberries and currants are very simple to make, and even a child can cope with this. If you want to make a drink for instant use, you will need:
- red currant - 250 g.
- raspberries - 250 g.
- water - 2 liters
- sugar - 150 g.
The washed berry must be put in a pan, pour water and cook for 15 minutes, then add sugar and keep on fire for another 10 minutes.
Due to the short heat treatment time, all the beneficial properties of the berries are preserved, and you get a tasty and fragrant compote of raspberries and currants. However, this recipe is not intended to spin the drink into cans.
How to cook compote for spinning?
For lovers of opening a jar of vitamin drink in winter, this recipe is suitable. If you want to make compote for the winter, currants, raspberries, water and sugar will remain the main ingredients, only the proportions and method of preparation will change.
Two glasses of berries with sugar are poured into a sterilized three-liter jar, they are poured with hot water for 5-8 minutes. Then the water with sugar (let's call it syrup) is poured into a pan, brought to a boil and returned to the banks. Now they can be twisted. As a result, you need to prepare half a kilogram of berries and half a glass of sugar for the jar.
Supporters of a healthy diet can completely abandon sweeteners and cook another compote. Raspberries, black currants - these are all the ingredients for a drink.
Contraindications
Like any product, these berries have contraindications, which means that not everyone can use them:
- It is not recommended to use concentrated compote for people with allergies or small children.
- Acid berries are contraindicated in people with chronic or acute diseases of the gastrointestinal tract (gastritis, gastric ulcer), as well as in people with exacerbation of urolithiasis, gout, and jade.
- It is better to use stewed fruit for pregnant women, since raspberry strengthens the tone of the muscles of the uterus.
- For people who have suffered a heart attack or stroke, berry compote is also not recommended.
- With thrombophlebitis and a tendency to thrombosis, only a highly diluted drink is allowed to drink.
Everyone else can drink stewed raspberries and currants without restrictions, but they should not be abused.