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TODAY'S RECIPE
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Dear ,
Nothing says summer more than the sweet smell of ripe strawberries...
And if you've ever found yourself wondering how extend "strawberry season" year round... the delicious recipe below will help you do just that.
Of course, these delicious summer berries are the perfect addition to grilled chicken salads, fresh smoothies, jalapeno-spiked salsas and much more. But strawberries don't just taste great - they also have powerful cancer-fighting and anti-inflammatory properties.
Reduce Inflammation and Ward off Cancer with Delicious Strawberries
The Women's Health Study evaluated the effects of eating strawberries on the risk of heart disease and elevated C-Reactive Protein (CRP).
The researchers discovered that women eating two or more servings of strawberries per week had a 14 percent lower risk of elevated CRP (3 mg/L or higher) than women who ate none. This is important because CRP is one of the best measures of systemic internal inflammation.
Another study, from the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, showed that foods rich in the plant chemical quercetin - including strawberries - can encourage apoptosis (programmed cell death) in cancer cells.
Strawberries are also rich in a plant nutrient called ellagic acid, which is thought to act as a hormone blocker in estrogen-driven breast cancer. Several cell studies have shown the effectiveness of ellagic acid (and other polyphenolic antioxidants found in strawberries) in reducing the growth and spread of prostate,
lung, colon, cervical, esophageal and pancreatic cancer.
So what should you do when you find your delicious, disease-fighting summer strawberries have gone just a bit beyond their prime? Make jam!
How to Make Homemade Strawberry Jam (Without Pectin or Sugar)
Making strawberry jam at home can seem intimidating. But it couldn't be easier. In fact, if you can heat a pan and stir, you can do it!
Not only does homemade strawberry jam taste better, it's better for you too. In fact, most store-bought jams are loaded with sugar and made with pesticide-soaked conventional strawberries (in case you didn't know, delicate strawberries are one of the foods
that contain the highest levels of pesticide residues).
Another reason to do-it-yourself? Commercial jellies strain out the seeds - and this is where the key source of cancer-fighting ellagic acid is found.
While most jams and jelly recipes call for adding additional pectin -the soluble fiber naturally found in fruit that creates the gelling action - you don't need it. Fruit will naturally break down and release pectin as it cooks (this is the old-fashioned way of making jam).
To accelerate the gelling, however, I've added some anti-aging, wrinkle-fighting, gut-healing grass-fed gelatin to my recipe below.
Enjoy in the best health!
Kelley Herring
Healing Gourmet
