Currant

Currant

Currant, any Nutrition Facts: Calories, Carbs, and Health Benefits

Currant, any is 83.95% water, 13.8% carbohydrates, 1.4% protein, 4.3% dietary fiber, 0.66% ash and 0.2% fat. One cup of currant, any will give you with 15.456 grams of carbohydrates. It is equal to 11.89 percent of the 130 grams of carbohydrates you need on a daily basis. That same in an amount measuring 100 grams (3.5 Oz), currant, any provides 234 kilojoules (56 kilocalories) of energy and is a good dietary source of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) (54.67% of the Daily Value). This means that if you add currant, any in your diet it will help your body to absorb iron from food and defend itself more naturally since vitamin C is an antioxidant, reduce the risk of anemia as this vitamin absorbs iron, improve the efficiency of lymphocytes (or white blood cells) to heal wounds and will be effective against gout (a type of arthritis) attacks by reducing blood uric acid levelshigh blood pressurethe occurrence of cancer. In addition it contains a modest amount of Copper (11.89% DV) and Manganese (10.33% DV).