Compared to a lot of other fruits, the strawberry is tiny but mighty. It's packed with nutrition and flavour. Adding strawberries to your diet may help you fight cancer, heart disease and other ills. Best of all, strawberries are also fat-free and contain no cholesterol. They are high in vitamin C and folate.
Strawberries are a good source of potassium too.
In fact, strawberries have more vitamin C than an orange. The damage caused by free radicals may contribute to aging and other health problems. Diets high in vitamin C from fruits and vegetables are associated with lower cancer risk, especially for oral, esophageal, stomach, colon and lung cancers. The recommended daily intake for folate is 400 micrograms and unfortunately, most of us don t get enough. It s especially important for women of childbearing age to consume folate because it reduces the chance of foetal neural tube birth defects such as spina bifida.