Health Benefits of Eating Sea Buckthorn
Berries
Sea buckthorn or seaberry is packed with nutrients. The super fruit
is famous for its antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial and
regenerative properties. Its health advantages include healing
of wound, vaginal mucositis, heart diseases, ulcers, burns, acne and
other skin related problems.
- Seaberry is an excellent source of essential fatty acids,
especially omega-7 and others like omega-3, 6 and 9. Research has found that these fatty acids are
significantly beneficial to heart health and capable of lowering the
risk of stroke and heart attack.
- The fruit contains substantial amount of flavonoids that heal cancer
patients fast from the effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
- The combination of both essential fatty acids and flavonoids in sea
buckthorn increase the HDL cholesterol (good cholesterol) in the
body and effectively reduce the risk of coronary heart disease.
- This wonderful fruit is loaded with vitamin A and
vitamin E, which have
anti-aging effects and are useful in reducing the wrinkles on your
skin. The vitamin A alone is a powerful antioxidant vitamin that is
able to protect the mucus membranes and enhance your skin.
- Seaberry is also high in vitamin C, a potent antioxidant vitamin
that improves your body’s immune system. Together with vitamin E,
they have therapeutic effects in relieving muscle tension and getting
rid of low-energy conditions due to fatigue.
- This super fruit promotes gastrointestinal health. Experiments done
on mice have proven that sea buckthorn oil from both the seed and
pulp help cure gastric ulcers.
- Sea buckthorn has an abundance of anti-inflammatory agents,
including salycins and quercetin. With the aid of essential fatty
acids, they form a natural remedy to fight off acne problems.
- Studies have found that sea buckthorn extracts are great in treating
hypertension. It could be contributed by the rich fatty acid content
in the fruit.
- This healthful fruit is said to provide organic lubricant to
menopausal women to prevent vaginal dryness.
- Besides the above health properties, sea buckthorn also contains
palmitoleic acid. The compound is said to assist in healing wounds
and burns.
Facts about Sea Buckthorn
 Sea buckthorn or seaberry (scientific name Hippophae rhamnoides) is
a plant which yields yellow to orange berries. The 6-8 mm fruit can
stay on the trees throughout the entire winter. Sea buckthorn grows to
2-5 m tall. The leaves of sea buckthorn are narrow with silver-grey color. The little, yellow flowers blossom in spring, before the
leaves. Both female and male sea buckthorn shrubs are required to
produce the berries.
The leaves of sea buckthorn are often used to make sea buckthorn
leaf tea while the berries are made into sea buckthorn juice,
jellies and marmalade.
Sea buckthorn is commonly used for land reclamation as well as to
stop soil erosion due to its extensive roots and its capability to
fix nitrogen as well as other nutrients.
Sea Buckthorn Nutrition Facts
|
Nutritional Value
of Sea Buckthorn |
| Vitamin C (in 100
g berries) |
600-2500
mg |
| Vitamin E (in 100
g berries) |
160
mg |
| Carotene (in 100 g
berries) |
30-40 mg
|
| Essential Fatty
Acids (in 100 g berries) |
6-11
% |
| Flavonoids (in 100
g dried leaves) |
14 g |
| Organic Acids |
3.9
% |
| Soluble Sugars |
13 % |
| Oil in Juice and
Seeds |
3-8
% |
Sea Buckthorn Berry Recipe
Homemade Sea Buckthorn Juice
- Keep the sea buckthorn berries in a sealed freezer bag in the
freezer for 8 hours.
- Remove the berries and thaw. Press out the juice of the cold berries
using a fruit mill.
- Remove the seeds halfway through and continue to press until the
juice is fully extracted.
- You may sweeten it with honey or sugar before drinking.
Sea Buckthorn Side Effects
Adverse reactions from consuming sea buckthorn are extremely rare.
The most common would be a little queasiness when consuming in a
very high quantity.
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