Some people don’t even dare to eat it, even though it is one of the healthiest Hungarian fruits! Not only the fruit, but also the leaves are worth their weight in gold! It inhibits tumor formation, and is also good for the heart..
The white mulberry tree does not require special care, but its fruit is worth its weight in gold.
Our ancestors already knew it, but today the healing power of the white mulberry tree has somehow been forgotten. The dark purple – almost black when ripe – sweet fruit lowers cholesterol and prevents the development of diabetes.
The black, red, and white mulberry trees are very widespread, but many people do not know them and do not dare to eat them, even though they can be found in many of our parks.
Its fruit should not be eaten unripe, because it has an intoxicating and hallucinogenic effect, but when ripe it is an excellent source of minerals (K, Ca, Na, Mg, Fe, Zn), vitamins (B2, B3, vitamin C), and antioxidants, both the white and black mulberry fruits.
The dried fruit contains half the sugar of other berries, or one of our favorites, raisins. According to a Texas study, the resveratrol it contains is a natural phenol that fights most types of tumors.
According to recent research, mulberry leaves are also very useful, containing ingredients that help normalize blood sugar levels – old folk doctors used them to treat type 2 diabetes. In addition to all this, this wonderful berry is also very rich in antioxidants. Its leaves also have a diuretic, expectorant, and blood pressure-lowering effect. Its leaves boiled in vinegar are applied to burn wounds. The juice of the fruit relieves sore throats and coughs.
The white mulberry (Morus alba) leaves can be collected and, after drying, are available for use all year round. Its main effect is effective help against diabetes. It helps in the development of insulin resistance and the prevention of the resulting metabolic syndrome.
Mulberry leaves, especially white mulberry leaves, are suitable for preventing complex sugars ingested with food from being broken down into simple sugars in the digestive tract, so that slower absorption during digestion does not cause an extreme increase in blood sugar levels, and the maximum insulin response is also not achieved.
Mulberry leaves prevent the rapid absorption of simple sugars by modifying the breakdown of complex carbohydrates ingested with food.
Mulberry fruits are rich sources of flavonoids, quercetin, rutin, kaempferol, apigenin, luteolin and isoquercetin, which are all excellent antioxidants. Both white, red and black fruits are rich sources of phenols, thus having a beneficial effect on our heart. Red and dark purple fruits contain much higher amounts of antioxidant active ingredients.
The darker colored mulberry fruits are indeed rich in flavonoids, anthocyanins, carotenoids, and contain more fiber than the white colored fruit, as well as valuable sources of pectin (the consumption of the polysaccharide called pectin has a very positive effect on our health, promotes the healthy functioning of the digestive system, and effectively reduces cholesterol and blood sugar levels). The white fruit, on the other hand, has a higher phenol content and the highest free radical scavenging activity.
The information on this page does not constitute a medical diagnosis and/or treatment, and the information contained herein does not replace medical or dietary treatment or intervention.
