Mulberry fruit, natural antioxidant that can be grown in Bangkok (?)

Hello Friends,

It's been a long time that I didn't update my blog. My main intention for having this blog is to share my experiences that need explanation or discussion. You will see most of my updates are on my Facebook. Many time I found a picture could describe things better than thousand words. On my facebook, in video section, you will see many videos that I collected pictures I took from my trips in Thailand and the USA and made video files of them. Those are reminding me of good moments I had. All the pleasant feelings come up every time I replay them. And I hope you will enjoy all my videos as I do. Anyway, any comments from you will be greatly appreciated.


Today I have something I want to share with you. It's about food again, hehehe, you know I do enjoy eating. Last week I found a fruit in The Royal project supermarket (http://www.doikham.co.th/). It's like blackberry that I ate in the USA, but its shape was a bit more elongated. It's called Mulberry.

The shop owner said it grew well in hot climate even in southeast asia. I'm so glad that I can find a local berry here. Berries are rich in Bioflavonoids which has antioxidant property. While I was in the USA I enjoyed eating berries a lot. Every week I would go to Publix to buy mixed berry fruit that got strawberries, blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries. My most favorite is raspberry but my friend told me that if I tried black currant, I would love it more than any berries. I didn't have chance to try black currant. Have any of you ever tried it?

Bioflavonoid from berries was found to be a strong antioxidative agent which may help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, delay aging process and had anti-allergic, anti-inflammatory and even anti-cancer activity. And bioflavonoid named Morin in Mulberry was also found to have gout healing properties.

Mulberry also have a pigment named Anthrocyanin that has lipid-lowering activity and can improve blood and liver antioxidant status.

In China, people made mulberry tea from mulberry leaves. It has been a household remedy for liver disease for many years. And recently, there are many scientific evidence support that mulberry leaves have antioxidant and hepatoprotective activities.

Well, finding the usefulness of this berry, and knowing that it can be grown in hot climate so, I have good reasons to have my own mulberry tree! I am so lucky a nurse in my unit just tried growing a mulberry tree at her apartment, then I asked her to cut a branch for me to try growing it at my apartment, too. I hope it will work!!!!

I was a bit surprised when I saw ugly branches of mulberry that she bought for me. They were leafless and didn't look like mulberry trees in my imagination at all.

Anyway, I put them into my good soil and placed them on my balcony that gets good sunlight. I hope they will grow to be mulberry tree!! hehehehe

And I will show you its photos! :o)