‘Super Smoothie’ Cocktail for Health Conscious People

cocktailA cocktail named ‘super smoothie’ has been discovered by the French scientists from the University of Strasbourg. The cocktail is claimed to have many health benefits, especially for heart. The research is published in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Food and Function.

The cocktail contains the juices of 13 exotic fruits which have nutritional value. The main ingredients are grapes, apples, blueberries, strawberries and lingonberry and acerola, a red cherry-like fruit that has 30 times more vitamin C than orange juice. The vital ingredient of the cocktail is aronia, or chokeberry, an American blackberry which is described by the scientists as "healthiest berry in the world".

Besides the high nutritional value, the smoothie also tastes great. In the laboratory tests the cocktail relaxed the heart artery walls. Researchers said that the cocktail will be useful in increasing the flow of blood to the heart and ensure that the heart is getting a healthy balance of nutrients and oxygen.

Tracy Parker, of the British Heart Foundation, said that the research has added more evidences to the fact that eating fruit and vegetables is good for health and reduces the risk of developing heart diseases.