Home About Paula Blog Breakfast Club Talks / Workshops Your Health Food Industry What's New Contact Links Sitemap Your Health        How to keep your Immune System healthy - Paula's Winter Defence Guide [PDF] Recipes Eating Well   Shopping - Fresh, frozen or tinned? - Comparing fresh, frozen & tinned - Shop for four with €100 - Tomato-Based Pasta Sauces - Other Pasta Sauces - Types of Rice - Salad Dressings - Crackers - Lunchbox Meats - Breads - Sweet Treats   High Taste, Low Cal - Top ten habits for eating well - Breakfast - Lunches - Dinners - Desserts - Facing up to Fat   Grow Your Own - Growing Vegetables - Potatoes - The Original Wholefood - Your Power Food Menu   Energy - Energy Boosters - Eat for Energy   Eating Out - Good lunch choices - Eating well from the restaurant menu - Alcohol in moderation Your Children Exercise for Health Health & Wellness Strawberry Facts & Figures        National Strawberry Week, organised by the Irish Soft Fruit Growers Association in conjunction with the Irish Farmers’ Association and Bord Bia, celebrates the health and nutritional benefits of the delicious red berry fruit. Take a look at the comparisons in the table below to see just how nutritious a bowl of strawberries can be!                        Calories Fat (g) Sat Fat (g) Sugar (g) Vit C (mg)*** Bowl of strawberries 27 0.1 0 6.0 77 Slice of strawberry cheesecake 317 14.8 9.0 30.5 0 Fruit tartlet 185 9.7 Unknown 6.6 23 Strawberry mousse 215 9.6 6.2 27 0               ***The recommended daily allowance (RDA) for Vitamin C is 60mg        To get the same amount of vitamin C as one bowl of strawberries (about 8 – 10 strawberries), you would need to eat:        7 bananas OR 12 apples OR 2 kiwi fruit OR 60 raspberries OR 8 pineapple rings top of page        Did you know?        Strawberries aren’t even in the berry family at all. Nor are strawberries part of the ‘straw’ family; they were originally known as ‘Strewberries’ because they were found strewn among the foliage. Strawberries, blackberries and raspberries are members of the rose family. There are almost 200 seeds on the surface of a strawberry. The biggest single strawberry on record weighed 8.17 ounces – that’s the size of a large apple. Strawberries worth €46 million were sold in Ireland last year - that’s nearly 5000 tonnes of strawberries! Strawberries are naturally high in fibre, vitamin C and potassium – 8 to 10 strawberries have as much if not more vitamin C than a large orange.        top of page                 Keep in mind that research on these matters is on-going and is subject to change. The information presented is not intended as a substitute for medical treatment. It is intended to provide ongoing support of your healthy lifestyle practices.                   © Paula Mee 2011 Privacy Statement        Home page                Powered by go2web