Posts Tagged ‘fruits’

The Benefits of Fruits in the Body

Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
  1. Water is most necessary for human body and fruit is the only natural food that consists of 80% of water. No other food can meet the water requirement for the human body like fruit does
  2. In this junk food dominated society, fruit is the only natural food that contains less bad-cholesterol.
  3. Fruits are the ultimate stimulating factor for your brain. They can be said to be the fuel for the brain. If you want to enhance your memory power, you should consume fruit regularly.
  4. Fiber, fiber and more fiber - nothing else satisfies the fiber requirement for your body easier than fruit. Thus, it helps you fight corpulence, high blood pressure and reduces the risk of heart disease.

Ten Tropical Fruit Facts

Monday, February 18th, 2008
  1. Mangoes are loaded with Vitamin A, and high in Vitamin C, Postassium, and Iron.
  2. Chinese medical practitioners use mango to treat dysentery.
  3. Twelve lychees have less than seventy calories.
  4. Passionfruit get its name from its flowers, which Spanish missionaries thought resembled symbols of Christ’s Passion, such as the crown of thorns.
  5. Mangosteen are rumored to have been the favorite fruit of Queen Victoria.
  6. Orangutans love mangoes.
  7. Legend has it that an Emperor of the Tang Dynasty lost his throne because his insisted on having fresh lychees delivered to his concubine on a regular basis - at great cost to the Chinese people.
  8. Many people believe durian is an aphrodisiac.
  9. Mangoes have been used as a type of contraceptive.
  10. Lychee is a member of the soapberry family.

The Fruits We Know

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

Apple

The humble apple - it really is true an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

Apples contain Vitamins A, B, C, Potassium, Iron & Magnesium. They also contain important Flavanoids and Pectin and helps fight the effects of bad cholesterol.


Banana

A good source of Potassium, Folic Acid, Vitamin A & B6. They are easily digested, high in fibre and help maintain sugar levels and are a great energy boosting snack.


Blueberry

Blueberries are one of natures’s super foods. They are bursting with important nutrients and flavour yet low in calories.


Kiwi

Kiwi fruit is one of the most nutrient rich of all the popular fruits. While most fruits tend to be high in one or two major nutrients Kiwis deliver a whole range of nutrients & vitamins.

They are packed full of cancer fighting Beta-Carotene and contain twice as much Vitamin C as an orange.

They are also rich in minerals such as Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorous, Potassium & Sodium.

Kiwi fruit is a food, protector and natural medicine. And on top of all this it tastes wonderful.


Mango

Mangos smell and taste wonderful . They are rich in Beta-Carotene ( a cancer fighting agent), Vitamin C & B and are a good source of Calcium, Magnesium & Potassium. They also contain high levels of antioxidants which fight cell damaging free radicals.


Oranges

Oranges are known, of course, for their Vitamin C content but they contain an abundance of other health giving ingredients.

They contain antioxidants that help fight the free radicals that damage and age our skin are loaded with anti cancer Beta-Carotene and are a good source of Calcium and other minerals.

 

Peach

Peaches taste great and are packed full of nutrients including cancer preventing Beta -Carotene, Folic Acid, Vitamin C & B3.


Pineapple

Pineapple are packed full of Vitamin C and fibre and so help the immune and digestive system. They also have anti-inflammatory effects and they contain the protein digesting ingredient Bromelain.


Raspberry

Raspberries are high in Ellagic Acid which is good for the immune system. Packed full of Vitamins and minerals including cancer fighting Beta -Carotene, Vitamin C, Magnesium, Phosphorus and Sodium. They are also full of dietary fibre.


Strawberry

A handful of Strawberries contains 100% of your recommended daily intake of vitamin C.They also contain cancer fighting Beta -Carotene, bone building Calcium, Potassium and Iron.

Strawberries also contain natural pain killing substances some of which are included in the manufacture of Aspirin.