Editors
Note: I am always amazed at how little fruit many people eat.
Fresh fruits are good for you and taste great. Fresh fruits
are an easy substitute for deserts and snacks especially if
you are craving something sweet.
Fresh fruits are a goldmine
of vitamins, minerals and fibre. They are ideal to consume
at least 4-5 servings in a day. Since they are in the natural
form, account for largest part of water and 100% bad cholesterol
free, it's much easier for the body to process and absorb
the vitamins and minerals from the fresh fruits you eat.
Apple – Round fruit with lots
of fibre, vitamins A, C, E and folate. Available in green,
red or yellow skin when ripe. Apples reduce the risk of colon
cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer. They also help with
heart disease, weight loss and controlling cholesterol.
Bananas – Long thick skinned
fruit yellow in colour when ripe. Good source of fibre, potassium,
vitamins A, C, B6, E & folate. Unripe or green bananas are
used in cooking.
Cherries – small round fruit
with a seed, red or black in colour when ripened. Cherries
always have to be ripe to eat. Cherries contain anthocyanins
that reduce pain & inflammation.
Figs – Eaten either dried
or fresh, figs contain vitamin A, C, folate and niacin. A
small sweet fruit full of small seeds.
Kiwi – A rich source of vitamins
A, C, E, B - complex, calcium, iron and folic acid, kiwi is
a small oval fruit with thin brown skin, soft green flesh
and black seeds. The skin is a good source of flavonoid antioxidants.
Lime – Lime or lemon is the
most cultivated citrus fruit with green to yellow colour loaded
with vitamins A, C and folate. Juice of lime is good for detoxification
and has antioxidant properties.
Peach - Round juicy fruit
with a yellowish red skin & flesh having a taste of acidic
tang and sweetness contains a rough stone. Always to be picked
and eaten ripe.
Orange - A round thick-skinned
juicy edible fruit that is a reddish-yellow colour when ripe
with sweet to sour flavour. Peeled and eaten fresh or squeezed
to make juice. Contain vitamin C, flavanoids, provides pectin
and rich in sodium when ripened in sunshine.
Plum - soft round smooth-skinned
fruit with sweet flesh and a flattish pointed stone. It is
high in carbohydrates, low in fat and calories. An excellent
source of vitamin A, C, calcium, magnesium, iron, potassium,
fibre and free of sodium and cholesterol.
Papaya - A melon like fruit
with yellow- orange flesh with dozens of small black seeds
enclosed in skin that ranges in colour from green to orange.
Either round, pear-shaped, or long like a banana. Rich in
vitamins A, B, C, and D; calcium, phosphorous and iron. It
is high in digestive properties and has a direct tonic effect
on the stomach.
Pear - A sweet juicy yellow
or green fruit with a rounded shape narrow towards the stalk.
Best eaten at room temperature, pear contains kalium and riboflavine.
It is good for skin and contains plenty of fibres.
Strawberry - A triangular
shaped red colour fruit. It is one of the richest sources
of Vitamin C and fibre. It has high content of sodium and
iron. It helps in whitening of the teeth. Used to relieve
rheumatism.
Watermelon - a type of melon
with smooth exterior rind and juicy sweet red interior flesh.
Extraordinarily refreshing to drink as juice or eaten when
ripe and fresh. Valuable for minerals, vitamins and sugar
with useful amount of fibre and iron.
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