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"Many fruits and vegetables, especially citrus, tomato, capsicum, broccoli, strawberries, guava, potato, blackcurrants. D Necessary for the body to absorb and use calcium, i.e. vital for bones and teeth to develop properly. Liver, fatty fish, egg yolk, dairy products, margarine. E Antioxidant. Works with selenium to protect cells from damage. Has a role in healing of wounds. Vegetables oils: wheatgerm, sunflower, olive and safflower oils,- margarine, almonds, wholegrains. Biotin (Vitamin H) Manufacture of fatty acids and involved in metabolism of proteins and carbohydrates." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Rosehip syrup has the richest content of Vitamin C of all known foods, with an average of 520 mg per 100 g. blackcurrants, cranberries, parsley, horseradish, turnip, cabbage, strawberries, grapefruit, pineapple, tomatoes and watercress are also rich in Vitamin C, although it is found to some extent in all fresh fruits and vegetables. Vitamin E (tocopherol) Essential for healing, muscle, nerve and blood maintenance, Vitamin E also stabilises cell membranes. It has been recognised as an antioxidant, protecting vulnerable chemicals in the body from being destroyed by free radicals." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "If you don't want to take supplements, rosehip syrup is the richest food source of Vitamin C, with an average of 520 mg per 100 g. blackcurrants, parsley, horseradish, turnip, cabbage, strawberries, grapefruit, pineapple, tomatoes and watercress, along with most fresh fruits and vegetables, are also rich in it. A simple and inexpensive test is now available on the market to measure the level of Vitamin C in your body, using a urinary ascorbate stick, and there are other uncomplicated tests that can be carried out to measure your Vitamin C." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.) "Although found in the rind, and to some extent, the juice and pulp of citrus fruits, Vitamin P is also contained in grapes, plums, blackcurrants, cherries and rosehips and the skin of bright coloured vegetables like carrots. However, these sources do not generally provide sufficient bioflavonoids in the daily diet to have an effect on asthma." - Dr Ron Roberts, Asthma Controlled Naturally: Techniques That Work (Get the book.)

"Uses & properties blackcurrants are used for jams, jellies, fruit juice, syrups and iced puree Blackcurrant with many applications in confectionery, desserts and cooking (served with meat dishes). Creme de cassis is blackcurrant liqueur, made from macerated berries soaked in alcohol and later sweetened. Double creme or super-cassis has 20% alcohol and twice as much fruit as the normal liqueur with 16% alcohol." - Ben-Erik van Wyk, Food Plants of the World: An illustrated guide (Get the book.)

"Not a bit, actually: they smell of all manner of things, from grapefruit to garlic via blackcurrants, but they all have this sulphuraceous (i.e. from Hell) character. The grapefruit compound is particularly instructive. It is called pinanethiol. Thiol means -SH, so pinanethiol means pinane-SH, or Remove the -SH and the rest of the molecule (pinane) smells like pine needles, as it should, since pinane is a major component of turpentine oil, itself extracted from pine." - Luca Turin, The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell (Get the book.)

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