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Raspberries

Smoothie Recipes with Raspberries

About Raspberries

Raspberries are apart of the Rose family and thought to have originated in Eastern Asia.  They are thought to have entered America in the prehistoric ages by the first migrants who traveled to America across the Bering Straight.  They were eating as far back as the cave dwellers!  Raspberry leaves were used for medicinal purposes thousands of years ago and can still be found in herbal teas today for digestive and menstrual cramping purposes.

Nutrition Benefits of Raspberries

Raspberries contain a huge diversity of antioxidant phytonutrients.  There are 2 compounds in Rapsberries that have received a lot of recent focus related to weight loss and type 2 diabetes: raspberry ketone and a flavonoid they contain called tiliroside.  The ketone compound is known to boost fat metabolism by increasing activity in certain types of fat cells.

Other studies have linked raspberries to benefits such as anti-cancer, anti-inflammation, brain health / memory, heart health, and reducing blood pressure.

Smoothie Tip

We typically buy frozen raspberries to be used in smoothies.  They are cheaper and last a very long time.

Nutrition Facts
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Raspberries scores well for 11 health goals

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Cancer

Recipe Score:92

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Breast Cancer

Recipe Score:90

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Colon Health

Recipe Score:90

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Infertility

Recipe Score:90

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Testosterone

Recipe Score:90

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Immune System

Recipe Score:88

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Liver

Recipe Score:88

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Recipe Score:86

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Inflammation

Recipe Score:84

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Leukemia

Recipe Score:84

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Athletic Performance

Recipe Score:82

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The Research

Cancer

Cancer: Score 92

Summary:

Human: Raspberries may be beneficial for colorectal cancer patients. Animal: It could prevent the initiation, promotion and progression of cancer in the digestive tract and esophagus. They could prevent esophageal tumors. They prevent estrogen induced mammary tumorigenesis. They prevent chemically induced esophageal tumorigenesis. In Vitro: They demonstrated significant growth inhibitory and apoptic activating activities in human cervical cancer cells. They have an anti-cancer effect on leukemia and lymphoma cell lines. They exhibit chemoprotective properties in esophageal squamous cell tumors.

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Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Score 90

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Animal: Raspberries significantly reduce tumor volume and multiplicity in estrogen induced breast carcinogenesis. They prevent estrogen induced breast tumorigenesis by modulating enzymes of estrogen metabolism.

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Colon Health

Colon Health: Score 90

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Human: Raspberries might be beneficial to colorectal cancer patients through the regulation of multiple metabolites. Animal: Raspberries produced beneficial effects against colonic adenoma development.

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Infertility

Infertility: Score 90

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Animal: Components of the raspberry have positive effects on the function of the male reproductive system by triggering penile erection, enhancing serum testosterone levels and increasing epididymal sperm counts.

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Testosterone

Testosterone: Score 90

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Animal: They have positive effects on the function of the male reproductive system by triggering a penile erection, enhancing serum testosterone levels and increasing epididymal sperm counts.

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Immune System

Immune System: Score 88

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Raspberries contain phytochemicals that affect the immune processes. They reduce plasma ammonia accumulation and have anti-fatigue activity. Raspberries strongly inhibit the replication of influenza virus. They had growth inhibiting activity against diptheriae and Moraxella catarrhalis.

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Liver

Liver: Score 88

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Animal: Raspberries are associated with a protective action in the liver.

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Score 86

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Animal: It reduces plasma ammonia accumulation and has anti-fatigue activity.

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Inflammation

Inflammation: Score 84

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In Vitro: Raspberry plays a vital role in regulating LPS induced inflammation. They have anti-inflammatory activity comparable to ibuprofen and naproxen. It may lower the production of inflammatory cytokines in COPD.

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Leukemia

Leukemia: Score 84

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In Vitro: Raspberries contain a compound, which has an anti-cancer effect on leukemia and lymphoma cell lines.

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Athletic Performance

Athletic Performance: Score 82

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Reduce plasma ammonia accumulation and have an anti-fatigue activity in mice. They have anti-inflammatory activity comparable to ibuprofen and naproxen in vitro study.

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How Our Scoring System Works

For each health goal, we assigned a score to each recipe and each ingredient. This helps you better understand the correlation that medical research is suggesting between foods and benefits to various health goals. Our scoring system is based on REAL RESEARCH published on pubmed.gov. This is a website that curates over 25 million different biomedical journals.

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What we consider when creating your scores:

  • 1Type of Study (human, animal, lab, or academic review)
  • 2Amount of Research
  • 3What the Research Says
  • 4How much of the ingredient we use (for the recipes)
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