California strawberries are packed with vital nutrients. Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin with potent antioxidant capabilities essential for many biological functions, most notably ensuring proper wound healing and maintaining cartilage. One serving of eight medium strawberries provides 160 percent of the recommended Daily Value. Potassium is an important nutrient to balance electrolytes, aid muscle contractions, and maintain a healthy blood pressure. Diets rich in potassium can lower blood pressure by buffering the effects of sodium on blood pressure.
Four Skinny Trees. Four Skinny Trees is an excerpt from the book by Sandra Cisneros entitled The House on Mango Street. Four Skinny Trees is found on pages 74 and 75. Copyright Sandra Cisneros, 1984 and published by Vintage Contemporaries, 1991. They are the only ones who understand me. I am the only one who understands them. Four skinny trees with skinny necks and pointy elbows like mine. Four who do not belong here but are here.
There are three books in the series- The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, then finally Mockingjay.