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NUTRITION
VALUE OF INDIAN GOOSEBERRY
Indian Gooseberry is a wonderful fruit and one of the precious gifts of nature to man. It is probably the richest known natural source of vitamin C which is readily assimilated by the human system. It contributes greatly towards health and longivity.
Indian gooseberry is globular small, round, six-lobed fruit, thick and hard in consistency. Gooseberry Patch has no relevance to the description.
Gooseberry Recipe is an amazing thing. The other varient is Chinese Gooseberry. The indian gooseberry is indigenous to India. It has been used as a valuable ingredient of various medicines in India and the Middle East from time immemorial. Shusrut, the great Ayurvedic authority, considers it as the best of all acid fruit and most useful fruit in health and disease. Like Ayurvedic physicians hakims of unani medicine also use it very commonly and regard it as a good medicine for heart and bodily defects. They also use it in external application due to its cool and astringent properties.
Indian gooseberry Pie is valued chiefly for its high vitamin C content. The value of amle increases further when the juice is extracted from the fruit. The dehydrated berryprovides 2428 to 3470 mgs. of vitamin C per 100grams. Even when it is dried in the shade and then turned into powder, it remains as 1780 to 2660 mgs. of vitamin C.
The best way to take it, with the least loss of vitaminC is to eat raw with a little salt. The berry may also be used as a vegetable. It is often used in the form of pickles and marmalade. It can be preserved for a long period when it is dried and turned into powder.
Many medicinal virtues have been attributed to Indian gooseberry. The fresh fruit is light, laxative and diuretic. A tablespoonful each of fresh gooseberry juice and honey mixed together forms a very valuable medicine for the treatment of several ailments. It should be taken every morning. Its regular use will promote vigour in the body within a few days. When fresh fruit is not available dry powder can be mixed with honey.
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| FOOD VALUE OF INDIAN GOOSEBERRY
Moisture 81.0 %
Protein 0.7 %
Fat 0.2 %
Minerals 0.6 %
Carbohydrates 13.7 %
Fibre 3.5 %
MINERALS and VITAMINS ( Per 100
gms edible portion of Indian Gooseberry)
Calcium 50 mg
Phosphorus 20 mg
Iron 1.2 mg
Vitamin C 600 mg
Smaller amounts of Vitamin B complex.
Calorific Value - 32 Calorie
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