Healthier Skin with a Healthier Body: Goose Berry

Goose berry (Amla) is a species of Ribes (a genus about 150 species of flowering plants). This fruit is recommended as having health benefiting essentials. Goose berry is composed of protein, fats (total lipids), Carbohydrate, calories (energy), alcohol, moisture, caffeine, theobromine, energy (kilojoules), fiber, total dietary , cholesterol, saturated fat. These are the proxymates components of Goose Berry. Now, the minerals in goose berry are such as: calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and sodium. Trace elements are such as: iron, zinc, copper, manganese and selenium. Vitamins are such as: Vitamin A, beta-carotene, Vitamin E, Vitamin C, Vitamin D, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B11, Vitamin B12 and Vitamin B9. This is the over-all composition of Goose berry. Now, as know, all such components or essentials are important to your body system, so consuming 2 to 3 Goose Berries, everyday, can get you better result and offer you a healthier body.

There are two types of Goose Berry, one is cultivated (gramya) and the other is wild (vanya). Having remedial qualities, goose berry is considered as health benefiting fruit and used as medicine as well. The wild goose berry is small, hard and rich in fiber and the cultivated goose berry is big, and juicy, plus smoothie too. The goose berry can give different taste at different time. It is sour basically, but sometime it tastes sweet and pungent. As because goose berry is composed of and rich in vitamin C it helps you getting glowing skin with no dead cells and shining hair too. Vitamin C is high in goose berry after potassium. Vitamin C in goose berry is: 27.7 mg and potassium in goose berry is: 198 mg. Apart from this fruit contains 80% of water also. It has got Gallic acid also, which is potent polyphenols.

10 Benefits from Goose Berry:

• Vitamin C in goose berry purifies your blood, makes your skin glowing.
• Infrequent stool caused by constipation may lead to bleeding piles. Goose berry juice with 250 mg of Giloy extract offers an effective remedy of Hemorrhoids.
• Goose berry lowers and maintains your blood pressure and if you are having problems with skin disease then also do take goose berry as vitamin C in it will help in widening the blood vessels.
• Diarrhea can also be cured at homemade remedies like 1 tbs mashed goose berry leaves mixed with honey will help you.
• During pregnancy and for lactating mother goose berry plays vital role in keeping them healthy.
• In curing eye goose berry has got plenty of essentials to be consumed.
• The nitrogen level of your body is regulated by goose berry and it helps you gain healthy weight.
• Goose berry, being as anti-bacterial, protects your body from bacterial infections.
• Hyperlipidaemia is prevented by goose berry through reducing oxidative stress in ageing process.
• It is rich in proteins too.