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A list of the healthiest berries has been compiled
Last reviewed: 01.07.2025
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Garden and wild berries are a real treasure trove of vitamins and antioxidants that slow down the aging process of the human body. That is why they should definitely be present in the diet, helping to maintain the tone and health of the skin, support the work of the heart muscle and strengthen the walls of blood vessels. For women, who with age slow down the production of estrogens, which increase the body's resistance to harmful effects, they are especially useful.
Any berries are good for your health – dried, frozen, cured. But doctors especially recommend fresh berries for consumption, and those grown in the region where you live. Strawberries are the first to appear in the garden. These aromatic berries are not only very tasty – the beneficial substances contained in them stimulate the work of brain cells. Strawberries are a natural antidepressant that will help you relieve stress and irritation, and get your nerves in order.
The closest "relative" of strawberries is wild strawberries. Now that can be called a storehouse of minerals! The small berries not only contain a lot of vitamins and folic acid, they are also rich in iron, copper, cobalt, calcium and phosphorus. Strawberries are champions in potassium content. Berries rich in fiber have a soft cleansing effect on motor and secretory functions, and help remove harmful cholesterol.
Many have heard about the beneficial properties of another forest beauty - blueberries. Those who spend a lot of time at the computer, straining their eyesight, should definitely eat fresh or dried blueberries, which stimulate metabolic processes in the retina. Blueberries have an astringent effect, jam from them is an excellent remedy for colds.
In summer, raspberries ripen in the gardens – a berry that many remember from childhood. Jam made from it is also a traditional way to treat colds, since the berries have a diaphoretic and antipyretic effect. They are rich in salicylic acid, vitamins and minerals. The increased content of vitamin C has made raspberries a recommended remedy for scurvy along with lemon.
Currants, red and black, are a folk remedy for maintaining tone and strengthening the immune system. Red currants contain sugar and pectins, tannins, these berries will help you get rid of bouts of nausea. Black currants contain a complex of multivitamins, tartaric and succinic acids, iodine.
There probably wasn't a summer when you didn't eat at least a slice of watermelon. It's also a berry. It quenches thirst perfectly and helps cleanse the kidneys, removes cholesterol from the body. Folic acid, vitamins and minerals - everything is useful in it.