I bet most people from all over the world adore strawberries - well unless if you are allergic to it. You can enjoy this sweet and red 'fruit' that symbolizes the season of summer. It is one of the most versatile too among others for you can enjoy it as a 'fruit', you can make a jam out of it, or you can make a juice or shake to take away the summer heat off your body and to quench your panting thirst. But there are many interesting fact about strawberries that you do not know or you might not have heard of. And with that, here are some amazing facts about strawberries.
One amazing fact about strawberries is that it is not really a fruit. Rather, strawberries are enlarged receptacles of the flowers - making it as a secondary fruit. But nevertheless it is still as sweet as a real fruit and perhaps much better than others.
So do you know how this sweet thing got its name? Some believe it is hailed from the practice of putting straws around the growing strawberry plants. While you might want to believe it, others believe it got its name from the word "strew" meaning "spread", they are pertaining to runners that spread outwards from strawberry plants.
Nutrition facts about strawberries: it contains only low fat and it also has low calorie content. A serving of strawberries is already rich in Vitamin C, fiber, folic acid, and potassium. It helps you reduce the risks of cancer and heart attacks, systolic blood pressure, fever, inflammation (when combined with honey), and can also take pain of sunburns away.