Friday, March 1, 2013

Be Aware Of The Number Of Calories In Cherry Based Goods

By Arold Augustin


A cherry is a fleshy stone fruit (or drupe) grown on trees of the genus 'prunus', or the subgenera 'avium', 'padus' and 'cerasus'. The prunus avium is the sweet variety, cultivated from the wild cherries. Sour cherries of the serasus subgenus are most often used in cooking. They are native to most of the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. These red, yellow or deep burgundy fruits are popular choices in weight-loss diets, so it is important to understand about the calories in cherry products. Knowing what you are putting inside your body has many benefits, which can affect your physical and even mental state. One should avoid excesses, so being well-prepared and informed will repay your efforts almost endlessly.

Each individual freshly-picked sweet fruit weighs approximately one third of an ounce and produces between four and five Kcal. This works out as 63 per 100 grams, and 18 in an ounce (or 28 grams). Cycling, walking rapidly or jogging for 1 minute typically burns off five.

Cherries have been eaten since prehistoric times. Turkey is the world's greatest grower today, producing four hundred and seventeen metric tonnes of fruit in 2009. The USA is the next biggest producer (three hundred and ninety tonnes in the same year). Most of the two to three million pounds of tart cherries grown annually in America come from California, Washington, New York, Pennsylvania, Oregon and particularly Michigan (which boasts almost three-quarters of the entire US harvest).

The red pigment that gives berries including cherries their color contains the phytonutrients 'anthocyanins' which can reduce pain and inflammation. Anthocyanins are anti-oxidants which are good at helping to reduce heart disease, diabetes and some forms of cancer. America's super fruit also lower levels of triglycerides and cholesterol in the blood, and ease the pain of gout and arthritis.

The fruit sugar (fructose) in cherries creates their sweet flavor, but also gives them a greater calorific value than most vegetables. Having 63 cal per 100 grams puts cherries somewhere in the middle-of-the-road compared to other fruits. An equivalent helping of dates (deglet noor variety) contains 282; there are 18 in 100 grams of tomatoes; 160 in avocados; 29 in lemons; 74 in figs, 30 in watermelons and 69 in grapes. A maraschino one is the sweetened, preserved fruit of the marasca tree, originating from Croatia. There are 7 or 8 in one of these titbits, which means 165 to 100 grams.

Most brandies that are made with cherries are usually served in one ounce measures, containing 78 calories. 'Three Olives' vodka has around sixty-five in an equal measure. Similarly, UV's distinctive Morella flavored vodka holds sixty-nine in a shot of the same size.

Normal cheesecakes with cherries are fairly high in calorific content, around 385 calories to a 4.7 ounce slice. Lighter versions of this tasty treat may still have 250 per portion. A 4 ounce piece of turnover takes up 26% of the daily calorific value (a total of 315).

There are almost 500 calories in cherry pie canned sauces, cooked with almost 5 ounces of sugar. That is as many as found in 10 sugary doughnuts. Just-picked cherries are an improved, healthy addition to pancakes, cereals or yoghurt. Try adding dry cherries to a trail mix or oat-cereal breakfast bar for a taste of nature's candy.




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