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I have been trying to implement more fruit into my diet, and I've always heard that berries are one of the healthiest fruits. Because they are packed with nutrients. Here's a good list of healthy berries. I've been making smoothies and adding different berries, as well as some other stuff like flax oil.
What is everybody's favorite berry? Which is the healthiest berry? Thoughts?
There's no healthiest berry or healthiest anything, really. They all have a long list of nutrients. Some overlap, some are unique to the berry. Eat them all!
My favorite is blueberry, though.
Although, in my old house, we had a vine of wild something-or-other berries. They were close to blackberries, but small and super sweet. We got like 50 berries the whole summer, every summer, and we had to find them at just the right time (like 2-3 a day) before the misc animals found them. Those 3 per day were the best berries.
I think as long as you avoid the crunch berry, you're going to be good to go.
LMAO! How many antioxidants do you think are in that Berry?
But, seriously, thanks for the feedback. I've been eating alot of blueberries and blackberries. My uncle has some land about an hour or so away, and he has ALOT of wild blackberry bushes growing. So I like to go up there and pick them. SOOO delicious and fresh!
I personally try to stay away from the hyped-up berries, like Acai & Goji. They almost seem too good to be true, and I don't like spending more than a few bucks.
I personally try to stay away from the hyped-up berries, like Acai & Goji. They almost seem too good to be true, and I don't like spending more than a few bucks.
This stuff drives me crazy. We have lots of acai berries here in Taiwan and they're just another berry here. No bizarre health or weight loss claims surround it. I think they're put into pastries here. LOL.
But take it to the States and it's exotic and will melt fat, etc. Good grief.
No, but most of the things we are talking about aren't true berries, either. It gets like the discussion of whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. It's both, and it's also a true berry.
No, but most of the things we are talking about aren't true berries, either. It gets like the discussion of whether a tomato is a fruit or a vegetable. It's both, and it's also a true berry.
How is a tomato a vegetable? I thought anything with seeds was a fruit.
Tomato is a vegetable because there was a monetary/tax advantage to the US gov't in the past to have it classified as a vegetable rather than a fruit. It is a classic in discussions to bring up when discussing common usage vs. legal usage vs. botanial usage. What's a berry, what's a fruit, what's a nut, what's a grain, what's a seed - all have tangents where the common usage vs. botanical correctness can be (and sometimes are) debated. Vegetable is a culinary term not a botanical one.
There are no real parameters for what constitutes a vegetable. It's how we tend to use it.
A juicy and sweet mango is used as a fruit AND it is technically a fruit, too. A hard and sour mango is used as a vegetable, yet it's still technically a fruit.
Rhubarb is a vegetable, but it makes a damn good fruit pie.
All plants are vegetable, however, even if we don't use it as a vegetable. But, that's just to be obstinate.
No such thing - vegetable is a culinary term not a botanical one.
A carrot is a tap root. Celery is the stalk of a plant. Broccoli is the flowering part of the plant (I think). Squashes are probably the fruits of the plant. Spinach is the leaves of the plant as are lettuces and probably cabbages. Eggplants are probably the fruits of the plant.
No such thing - vegetable is a culinary term not a botanical one.
A carrot is a tap root. Celery is the stalk of a plant. Broccoli is the flowering part of the plant (I think). Squashes are probably the fruits of the plant. Spinach is the leaves of the plant as are lettuces and probably cabbages. Eggplants are probably the fruits of the plant.
True. I never thought of it like that. Why would anyone ever think of it like that? lol
Well, since we're on the subject (or not) -- my 8 year old boy asks me the other day, "Dad, why does 'tomato' and 'potato' sound so much alike, but yet they're not alike at all"?
I'm sure there's an etymological answer out there somewhere...
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