What are the effects and functions of black currant?

Speaking of black currants, I believe people are not very unfamiliar with them, because many juices and candies contain this ingredient. So what are the effects and functions of black currant on the human body? Most people don't quite understand this. In fact, black currant has five functions and effects. The first one is that it can strengthen gums and protect teeth.

1. Strengthen gums and protect teeth

If you want to have a healthy body, you must first have good teeth. If you want good teeth, you must have good gums. So how do you protect your gums? Of course, this includes many aspects, one very important aspect is to ensure the intake of vitamin C. When the human body lacks vitamin C, it is easy to cause malnutrition of the gums, causing gum atrophy and degeneration, and prone to periodontal diseases such as redness, swelling and bleeding of the gums. Black currant is very rich in vitamin C, and more importantly, it also contains a large amount of antioxidants, which ensures the effectiveness of vitamin C.

2. Protect liver function

The liver is "the largest chemical factory in the human body" and damaged liver function will seriously threaten human health. Various liver injuries are closely related to oxygen free radicals and lipid peroxidation in the body, so increasing the nutrients in the body that can fight peroxidation is crucial to protecting liver function. Black currant is rich in various antioxidant bioactive substances, such as anthocyanins, vitamin C, flavonoids and phenolic acids.

3. Improve visual function

The human eyeball is an organ that receives light stimulation. Some light in the environment can cause damage to the retina of the eye. This process is called "retinal photochemical damage". The absorption of excessive photons induces the retina to produce a large number of free radicals, leading to lipid peroxidation and the formation of reactive oxygen species, causing dysfunction of retinal photoreceptor cells and ultimately causing visual impairment. Black currant is rich in a variety of antioxidant bioactive substances, such as anthocyanins, vitamin C, flavonoids and phenolic acids, etc., which can protect visual function by supplementing antioxidants for the human body.

4. Delaying aging

Human aging is a very complex process, but the core link is peroxidation damage caused by free radicals. The human body can eliminate excessive free radicals through its own mechanisms, but as we age, the body's ability to eliminate free radicals gradually decreases. In order to maintain human health and delay aging, it is very important to consume nutrients with antioxidant effects from food. Black currant is rich in substances such as anthocyanins, vitamin C, flavonoids, quercetin, myricetin, phenolic acid, catechins and black currant polysaccharides, which are all biologically active substances with good antioxidant functions.

5. Nourish blood and replenish qi

Due to the blood loss during the monthly menstrual period, women are very likely to suffer from mild anemia, which causes them to have a pale complexion, lack of redness in their cheeks, look listless, and be afraid of cold, with cold hands and feet all year round. Grapes can help you restore your good complexion - Chinese medicine believes that grapes have the effects of nourishing blood, strengthening the spine and bones, strengthening the stomach and promoting fluid production to relieve thirst, invigorating qi, expelling water and promoting urination, nourishing the kidneys and liver and improving complexion. Eating more black currant grapes on a regular basis can relieve cold hands and feet, back pain, anemia and other phenomena, and enhance immunity. Working women may wish to eat a handful of black currant raisins every day. Taking them for 7 consecutive days will produce obvious results. It should be noted that cold foods such as melons should not be eaten during the period of taking the medicine, so as not to affect the efficacy. This small prescription is also effective for treating excessive leucorrhea

In addition, the polyunsaturated fatty acids in black currant seeds also have a good effect in protecting the cardiovascular system, and black currant leaf extract is very beneficial in preventing osteoarthritis.