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"They are also rich in vitamin C, fiber, and in the phytochemicals tannin, flavonoid, and cyani-din, which have anticarcinogenic properties. blackberries also contain catechins, such as quercetin, which is an antioxidant that can reduce the risk of heart disease and stop the action of histamine for people with allergies. Home Remedies A combination of distilled water and blackberries made into a drink and taken regularly in the morning is known to promote laxation." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"ENJOY BERRIES AT THEIR BEST I love almost all types of fruit, but my absolute favorites are strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries! My favorite jam is triple berry. Favorite pie? You guessed it-berry! One of the food products that gets me through winter is frozen berries; we blend smoothies year-round in the Magee house! And to me, summer hasn't really begun until I've gone to the farmers' market in my town and made a batch of triple berry jam (using less sugar, of course). I hold the jar up and announce, "The first jam of summer!" - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Combine blackberries, honey, lemon juice, and one tablespoon each of the all-purpose and whole wheat flours in a large bowl. Spray 9" pie plate with nonstick cooking spray and pour in mixture. In separate bowl, combine remaining flours, brown sugar, oats, and margarine. Mix with fork until crumbly. Sprinkle over berry mixture. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown. Simple Blackberry Crisp by Sharon Grotto Servings: 8 • Prep and baking time: 40 minutes 'A cup honey 3 tablespoons lemon juice flour 'A cup (.packed) brown sugar flour 4 tablespoons margarine break it down . . ." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Although blackberries grow wild in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere, they're Asian in origin. Health Benefits blackberries are a mild diuretic and astringent and are therefore useful for diarrhea, dysentery, and hemorrhoids. The Romans used them as a gout treatment. Blackberries are tridoshic, although they are best if eaten in moderation by vata. blackberries are rich in vitamin C and pectin. See Fruit; Raspberry. Black Chanterelle See Trumpet Mushroom. Black Cumin See Cumin." - Rebecca Wood, The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating (Get the book.)

"A cup + I tablespoon all-purpose 'A cup + 1 tablespoon whole wheat 'A cup old-fashioned rolled oats directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine blackberries, honey, lemon juice, and one tablespoon each of the all-purpose and whole wheat flours in a large bowl. Spray 9" pie plate with nonstick cooking spray and pour in mixture. In separate bowl, combine remaining flours, brown sugar, oats, and margarine. Mix with fork until crumbly. Sprinkle over berry mixture. Bake for 30 minutes or until golden brown." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"High-oxalate fruits. blackberries, black raspberries, red raspberries, blueberries, red currants, dewberries, figs, dried grapes, purple gooseberries, kiwi, lemon peel, lime peel, orange peel, rhubarb, strawberries, tangerines, any juice made from these fruits. High-oxalate breads and starches. Fig Newtons, fruit cake, graham crackers, grits, white com, kamut, marmalade, soybean crackers, wheat germ. High-oxalate vegetables." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Foods rich in red pigments, such as beets, red peppers, and blackberries, can turn the urine a rosy hue. Beet-red urine—medically called beeturia—is also often seen when people who are iron-deficient or have a malabsorption syndrome, eat beets (or sometimes other red foods). (See Greasy, Smelly Stools, above.) Rhubarb and senna may turn your pee pink, too. They contain an-thraquinone, which is often used as a dye and is a potent laxative. Pink or reddish urine can also be a reaction to several psychiatric drugs, as well as anthraquinone-containing anticancer agents." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"Vi- to 1-inch-wide strips and mix with other greens or serve alone) 1 large or 2 small tomatoes, sliced (or a handful of cherry tomatoes) Vi avocado, sliced lA cup dried cherries or fresh berries (blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, blackberries) 1 tablespoon Universal Marinade Put ingredients on a plate, and top with a serving of meat or egg entree of your choice (see recipes in this book). Vitamin D Cure Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Vegetables Serves 8. In the same way that you can modify your own recipes, I fixed this one to make it Vitamin D Cure-friendly." - James Dowd and Diane Stafford, The Vitamin D Cure (Get the book.)

"He brought back seedless persimmons and melting quinces from Tianjin, red blackberries from Korea, famed pound peaches from Feicheng, paradise apples from Elizavetpol, kiwis from Ichang. In Feng-tai, he stumbled upon his ticket to immortality: Meyer lemons. While his lemons are more available than ever before, Meyer himself disappeared from the deck of a steamer crossing between Wuhan and Nanjing on the night of June 1,1918. David Fairchild spent his final years in Miami, and his legacy lives on at the botanical garden named in his honor." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"FRUITS AND VEGETABLES WITH HIGH ORAC VALUES ORAC 2,000+ 900-1,600 500-899 FRUITS Prunes, raisins, blueberries, blackberries Strawberries, raspberries, plums Oranges, red grapes, cherries VEGETABLES Kale, spinach, Brussels sprouts, alfalfa sprouts Broccoli florets, beets, red bell pepper SYNERGY IN ACTION: APPLES What fruit can you count on to be fresh and crisp and wonderful through the dead of winter? Apples! While other fruit bins can look sad and dreary that time of year, the apple section comes alive with color and is filled to the brim." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"Raspberries and blackberries are collectively known as "bramble" fruits, which are fruits formed by the aggregation of several smaller fruits called drupelets. Raspberries (Rubus) HOW SWEET IT IS! A Serving of Food Lore... Raspberries are native to Asia Minor and North America. Earliest recordings show that raspberries were popular around the time of Jesus Christ. Romans are thought to have begun the domestication of raspberries around the fourth century and spread raspberry cultivation throughout Europe." - David W. Grotto, RD, LDN, 101 Foods That Could Save Your Life! (Get the book.)

"Berries are brimming with nutrients and phytochemicals. blackberries, raspberries, and strawberries, for example, contain several types of bioflavonoids and-along with blueberries-some phenolic acids. Both of those phytochemical families have powerful antioxidant duties in the body and help protect against disease in several different ways. Cancer-fighting compounds. Berries have been named a "food that fights cancer" by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR)." - Elaine Magee, Food Synergy: Unleash Hundreds of Powerful Healing Food Combinations to Fight Disease and Live Well (Get the book.)

"A Berry Fine Arthritis Remedy L/ip-smackingly sweet cherries, blueberries and blackberries are a flavorful alternative remedy for reducing swollen joints caused by arthritis. The secret ingredient? Flavonoids. These brightly colored compounds found in berries increase fatty acids in your system, which can affect muscle tissue and lessen swelling. • Spice Up Your Life Spicing up your sandwiches, burgers and other entrees with plenty of onions and garlic can both fire up the taste and cool down an arthritic condition." - Bottom Line Books, Uncommon Cures For Everyday Ailments (Get the book.)

"We check our cell phones and blackberries constantly; scour the Internet at all hours of the day and night; and bring office work home with us so that after dinner we can keep right on working in an effort to "stay on top" and "ahead of the other guy." Fitting in leisure time extends a day even further into the evening, and TiVo allows us to watch favorite TV programs anytime we want, often late at night." - J. Douglas Bremner, Before You Take that Pill: Why the Drug Industry May Be Bad for Your Health (Get the book.)

"Blackberries. blackberries are almost exclusively wild and local, even to city folk. Come midsummer, we can stain our hands and get a few stickers pickin' and eatin' them blackberries. They need to be black and ripe to be sweet; otherwise they can make us pucker. They have pretty good amounts of calcium, magnesium, iron, and other minerals. Both vitamins A and C are found in blackberries. Blueberries. Blueberries are sweeter and meatier and a little lower in vitamins A and C and minerals than the other berries, though they still have lots of nutrients. Boysenberries." - Elson M. Haas, M.D., Staying Healthy with Nutrition: The Complete Guide to Diet and Nutritional Medicine (Get the book.)

"Foods high in bioflavonoids (and vitamin C) include grape skins, cherries, blackberries, blueberries, and the pulp and white rind of citrus fruits. Bioflavonoids 1,000-2,000 mg per day Botanicals Chaste Tree (Vitex Agnus Castus). Chaste tree is probably the best-known herb in all of Europe for hormonal imbalances in women. Since at least the time of the Greeks, chaste tree has been used for the full scope of menstrual disorders: heavy menses, lack of ovulation, frequent and infrequent menses, irregular menses, and a complete lack of menses." - Tori Hudson, N.D., Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine: Alternative Therapies and Integrative Medicine for Total Health and Wellness (Get the book.)

"Foods richest in these substances include berries (blueberries and blackberries) as well as cherries, grapes, and tea. Add these foods to your diet and take a supplement of grape seed extract, which is rich in these compounds. 4. Vitamin C. Vitamin C in combination with a bioflavonoid called hesperidin has been used in research (often with butcher's broom) with good effect. It helps promote better circulation and strengthens the walls of the veins. Lack of these nutrients has also been shown in research to increase pain in the limbs and fragility in the capillaries." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Cranberries, blueberries, cherries, and blackberries are jam-packed with antioxidants called anthocyanins and polyphenols, which also have anti-inflammatory qualities. Leafy greens such as kale and spinach contain lutein, another superantioxidant. Cocoa carries flavonoids, particularly potent antioxidants that can zap free radicals and protect against inflammation. (The best way to consume cocoa is to add plain cocoa powder—preferably non-Dutched cocoa; Dutched cocoa is treated with an alkali during processing—into chili or other Southwestern recipes, thus avoiding the sugar in chocolate bars." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"There were soy "chicken" salad sandwiches in small, not quite bite-sized buns, and a beautiful salad that included some of the largest, most succulent blackberries I've ever seen. I enjoyed the sandwiches much more than I expected, and was a little embarrassed to realize that some of it was the presentation: The soy was served American style, slathered on a bun with some celery for crunch, and perhaps some mayo for creamy richness. Among the desserts was dried hibiscus, something Rhonda picked up on a lark, she said. It tasted candied, like dried apricots or mangoes." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"The owners had a large vegetable garden, and tangles of blackberries grew wild on a hill above the property. If we were especially good, we got to pick berries for pancakes or vegetables for dinner. As we picked, we sampled. The taste of freshly picked blackberries, beans, or sweet corn, still warm from the sun, was a revelation. Years later, I was working in Thailand during the summer fruit season and ate fresh lychees." - Marion Nestle, What to Eat (Get the book.)

"He sent Wilson Popenoe to Latin America, where he found billiard-ball-sized blackberries. (One of the largest berries known to man, a single Colombian blackberry comprises several mouthfuls.) Another of Fairchild's emissaries, Joseph J. Rock, was posted to the Orient to find the kalaw, a semimythical fruit thought to cure leprosy. Never before documented scientifically, Rock sought it throughout India, Thailand and over the mountains of Burma, fending off leopards, tigers and venomous serpents. In the Gulf of Mataban, he found one tree, but it was merely a cousin species to the kalaw." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.) "In the verses he spends a few minutes debating quite seriously whether to put on his glasses "in order to see those blackberries again on their tiny red stalks." The poem ends without any resolution. Brecht left it ambiguous, but I cannot. I pick up my glasses and am sucked into a Proustian fruit wormhole, where I find myself in the company of other shortsighted pomophiles. Largely hidden from the public eye, there exists a subculture of enthusiasts who have devoted their lives to the quest for fruit." - Adam Leith Gollne, The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce and Obsession (Get the book.)

"In food, the following fruits and vegetables pack the highest concentrations of antioxidants: • Fruits: prunes (the most by far), raisins, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, plums, oranges, red grapes, and cherries • Vegetables: kale, spinach, brussels sprouts, alfalfa sprouts, broccoli florets, beets, red bell peppers, onions, corn, and eggplant Antioxidant compounds found in fruits and vegetables include flavonoids. They have impressive benefits for the whole body, particularly the cardiovascular system." - Stephen Sinatra, M.D. and James C., M.D. Roberts, Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late (Get the book.)

"If you do not have a yeast overgrowth, you can also eat less sweet fruits, such as apples, blueberries, strawberries, and blackberries. Avoid over-ripe bananas, since they contain mostly simple sugars. The injured brain does not tolerate excess sugar very well. Several studies of brain-trauma patients have shown that hyperglycemia can actually increase brain injury. In addition, high sugar intake depresses immunity and increases the formation of glycated cell components, which can increase free-radical injury." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"Large quantities of blackberries are also harvested in the wild, especially in Europe. Uses & properties Fruits are eaten fresh, often with sugar and cream, as a delicious dessert. They are processed into jams, preserves, jellies, purees, syrups, juice, blackberry wine, ratafia, schnapps and liqueur. Fresh or preserved berries are used in tarts, pie fillings, cakes and other confectionery. Nutritional value The fruits have a low energy value (37 kcal per 100 g) because of the rather low sugar content (5%)." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.) "Europe and Siberia can be credited for the development of some important food plants of which fruit trees (apple, pear, plum and cherry) and various berries (currants, strawberries, raspberries and blackberries) are the best known." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.)

"Health Benefits blackberries are a mild diuretic and astringent and are therefore useful for diarrhea, dysentery, and hemorrhoids. The Romans used them as a gout treatment. Blackberries are tridoshic, although they are best if eaten in moderation by vata. blackberries are rich in vitamin C and pectin. See Fruit; Raspberry. Black Chanterelle See Trumpet Mushroom. Black Cumin See Cumin. BLACK CURRANT (Ribes nigrum) That currant domestication is recent, a mere five hundred years, explains why this small, seedy berry is not very sweet." - Rebecca Wood, The New Whole Foods Encyclopedia: A Comprehensive Resource for Healthy Eating (Get the book.)

"Other antiparasitic foods include onions, kelp, blackberries, raw cabbage, and ground almonds.31 Herbal remedies have been used effectively for centuries for the treatment of parasitic infections. These remedies can also help prevent a parasitic infection when water or food conditions are questionable. Some practitioners advise continuing any treatment regimen until at least two parasite tests, performed one month apart on purged stool specimens, are negative. Here are a few of the most effective antiparasitic herbs: • Citrus seed extract." - Herbert Ross, DC with Keri Brenner, L.Ac., Alternative Medicine Magazine's Definitive Guide to Sleep Disorders: 7 Smart Ways to Help You Get a Good Night's Rest (Get the book.)

"Recommendations Q Increase your consumption of green leafy vegetables— especially collard greens, kale, mustard greens, spinach, and turnip greens—legumes; and yellow vegetables Also, flavonoid-rich berries such as blueberries, blackberries, and cherries; and foods rich in vitamins E and C, such as raw fruits and vegetables. Q Apply hot compresses several times a day. Many of the microorganisms that cause conjunctivitis cannot tolerate heat. For greater benefit, use one of the herbal teas recommended above to make the compresses." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Sources of bioflavonoids include apricots, blackberries, cherries, grapefruit, grapes, lemons, oranges, plums, and prunes. Herbs that contain bioflavonoids include chervil, elderberries, hawthorn berry, horsetail, rose hips, and shepherd's purse. Comments Extremely high doses of bioflavonoids may cause diarrhea. Coenzyme Qm Coenzyme Qio is a vitaminlike substance found in all parts of the body, the action of which resembles that of vitamin E. It may be an even more powerful antioxidant. It is also called ubiquinone." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

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