In a recent study, the researchers from Italy's Marche Polytechnic University, healthy volunteers were fed 500 grams of strawberries per day (about 3 cups) for two weeks. Blood samples were taken after four, eight, 12 and 16 days, as well as a month later. The results showed eating strawberries improved the antioxidant capacity of blood plasma and also made the red blood cells more resistant to fragmentation.
"We have shown that regularly eating strawberries make red blood cells more resistant to oxidative stress", lead author Maurizio Battino, said. It is believed that consuming a diet high in antioxidants found in berries and other fruits and vegetables may help keep red blood cells robust and longer-lived. "The important thing is that strawberries should form a part of people's healthy and balanced diet, as one of their five daily portions of fruit and vegetables," Battino added.
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