Soft, juicy, sweet organic dried apricots are not only tasty but also a useful snack, a healthy alternative to chocolate or other sweets with added sugar. They can be used to flavour breakfast cereals, sweeten smoothies or replace sugar in raw food desserts. A great addition to baked goods. They can be used to stuff soy and other vegan dishes or added to Indian stews.
Advantages of dried apricots
– The most useful dried fruits. Dried apricots do not lose their nutrients.
– Dried apricots are rich in iron and vitamin C. Iron stimulates the left hemisphere of the brain, which is responsible for analytical thinking, while vitamin C contributes to better absorption of iron.
– It is estimated that 100 g of dried apricots is equivalent to 40 g of iron. Their plant fibres are excellent for cleansing the intestines.
– Apricots are very good for the brain. If you want to improve your memory and work capacity, eating 50 g of dried apricots a day is enough.
– If you drink diuretics, dried apricots are very necessary because they balance the salt levels in the body. Dried apricots also contain significantly more calcium than raw apricots, which is why women over forty are recommended to eat them to prevent osteoporosis.
– Apricots, both raw and dried, normalize the digestive process, improve microflora, remove toxins from the body, help get rid of excess cholesterol.
Recommended daily allowance – 3-4 dried apricots (~22 gr).
NB! The information provided here should not be interpreted as a recommendation for treatment or other types of health problems. We recommend that you make personal health decisions after evaluating different sources of information.
