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One of the first strawberry facts that comes to mind is... where does the name "strawberry" come from?

There are assorted legends on how the name strawberry came to be. One says straw was spread around growing plants to help protect the fruit as it ripened, a procedure most farms imitate today but using raised beds covered in plastic.

Another is children in the nineteenth century would pick the berries, string them on grass straws and sell them as 'straws of berries'. The most popular is because placement of the berries on the plant makes them appear to be 'strewn' about the 'strewn berry' name just became strawberry.

Although strawberries are an awesome treat, however, do you actually know how many calories are therer in strawberries? Let me tell you. For example:

• a small strawberry is 3 calories,
• a medium strawberry is 4 calories
• a large strawberry is 7 calories
• extra large strawberries are 11 for 1
• jumbo strawberries are 15 calories.

It's adding sugar or chocolate that adds the calories.

Plain strawberries are a healthy, low calories snack but are they really berries?

True berries have seeds inside but the strawberry's yellow "seeds" are on the outside and are each considered to actually be a separate fruit. For this reason botanists say the strawberry is not classified as a true berry.

Next to be specified are strawberries nutrition facts. Nutritionally, strawberries have a lot going for them. Eight medium-sized strawberries contain 140% of the U.S. RDA for Vitamin C while one cup of fresh strawberries only has 55 calories and provides about 88 milligrams of ascorbic acid, more than meeting the Recommended Daily Dietary allowance of 45 milligrams for an average adult.

If handles carefully the Vitamin C is well retained but slicing, bruising or juicing will reduce the vitamin content.

Also a good source of potassium, folic acid and fiber strawberries are low in calories and fat free!

Additionally a pregnant woman can get 20% of her daily folic acid from strawberries, they help reduce risk of cancer and heart disease, the fresh juice helps cool feverish patients and when combined with honey and rubbed on will help reduce sunburn and inflammation. Rinse with lemon juice and warm water.

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