Packed with antioxidants – mighty fixers for the body which repair the damage, prevent heart disease and slow down aging.
They have over six times the amount of calcium as blueberries (see Saskatoon study).
Have twice the manganese of blueberries.
Has more protein, fat, fiber, and iron than blueberries.
While the berry has been used for liver troubles and diarrhea, its inner bark or roots were a remedy for constipation.
A 100 gm serving has 22 percent of your daily requirement for iron.
Like all fruit, it has natural sugars or smart carbs, so you don’t deal with the dangers of white sugar.
Because of all this power-packed nutrition, we put them in the category of superfoods, like seaweed, spinach, and cabbage.