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to my fruit nutrition article
Here
is an impressive list of fruits with complete illustrations
of
their
1.Apple
I am a Herbal products manufacturer by the name Saif Chem Lab.- over 60 years of Tradition continues - Saif Chem Lab is is a dynamic organisation engaged in manufacturing and marketing of Unani & Ayurvedic formulations we give free online cosultancy on treatment by natural ways.
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Why fruits?
Fruits
are nature’s wonderful
medicines packed with vitamins, minerals,
anti-oxidants and many phyto-nutrients (Plant derived micronutrients).
They are absolute feast to our sight, not just because of their color
and flavor but help body keep fit and healthy!
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Fruits are low in calories
and fat and are a
source of simple sugars, fiber, and vitamins, which are essential for
optimizing our health.
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Fruits provide plenty of
soluble dietary fiber,
which helps to
ward of cholesterol and fats from the body and to get relief from
constipation as well.
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Fruits contain many anti-oxidants like
poly-phenolic
flavonoids, vitamin-C, anthocyanins. These compounds,
firstly,
help body protect from oxidant stress, diseases, and cancers, and
secondly,
help body develop capacity to fight against these ailments by
boosting our immunity level. Many fruits, when compared to vegetables
and cereals, have very high anti-oxidant
values
which is something measured by their "Oxygen Radical Absorbent
Capacity" or ORAC.
- Anthocyanins are flavonoid category of poly-phenolic compounds found in some "blue fruits" like blue-black grapes, mulberries, acai berry, choke berries, blueberries, blackberries, and in many vegetables featuring blue or deep purple color. Eating fruits rich in blue pigments offers many health benefits. These compounds have potent anti-oxidant properties, remove free radicals from the body, and thus offer protection against aging, infections etc. These pigments tend to concentrate just underneath the skin.
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Fruit’s
health benefiting
properties are
because of their richness in vitamins, minerals, micro-nutrients,
anti-oxidants which helps body prevent or at least prolong the natural
changes of aging by protecting and rejuvenating cells, tissues and
organs in the human body. The overall benefits are manifold! Fruit
nutrition benefits
are infinite!
You are protecting yourself from minor problems like wrinkling of skin, hair fall, memory loss etc.
Here
is an impressive list of fruits with complete illustrations
of
their
health benefits and nutrition facts and can be easily available in any country or region
1.AppleHealth benefits of apple
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Apples are low in calories; 100 g of fresh
fruit slices provide only 50 calories. They, however, contain no
saturated fats or cholesterol. Nonetheless, the fruit is rich in
dietary fiber, which helps prevent absorption of dietary-LDL or bad
cholesterol in the gut. The fiber also saves the colon mucous membrane
from exposure to toxic substances by binding to cancer-causing
chemicals inside the colon.
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Apples are rich in antioxidant phyto-nutrients
flavonoids
and polyphenolics.
The total measured anti-oxidant strength
(ORAC value) of 100 g apple fruit is 5900 TE. Some of the
important
flavonoids in apples are quercetin,
epicatechin, and procyanidin
B2. Additionally, they are also good in tartaric acid that
gives tart flavor to them.
Altogether, these compounds help the body protect from deleterious
effects of free
radicals.
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Apple fruit contains good
quantities of vitamin-C
and beta-carotene.
Vitamin C is a powerful natural antioxidant. Consumption of foods rich
in vitamin C helps the body develop resistance against infectious
agents
and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals from the body.
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Further, apple fruit is a good source
of B-complex
vitamins such as riboflavin, thiamin, and pyridoxine (vitamin B-6).
Together these vitamins help as co-factors for enzymes in metabolism as
well as in various synthetic functions inside the body.
- Apple also contains a small amount of minerals like potassium, phosphorus, and calcium. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure; thus, counters the bad influences of sodium.
Banana
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Banana fruit is one of the high calorie
tropical fruits. 100 g of fruit provides 90 calories. Besides, it
contains good amounts of health benefiting anti-oxidants, minerals, and
vitamins.
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Banana pulp is
composed of
soft, easily digestible flesh with simple sugars like fructose and
sucrose that when eaten replenishes energy and revitalizes the body
instantly; thus, for these qualities, bananas are being used by
athletes to get instant energy and as supplement food in the treatment
plan for underweight
children.
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The fruit contains a good
amount of
soluble dietary fiber (7% of DRA per 100 g) that helps normal bowel
movements; thereby
reducing constipation problems.
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It contains health promoting flavonoid
poly-phenolic antioxidants such as
lutein, Zea-xanthin, ß and α-carotenes in small amounts.
These compounds help act as protective scavengers against
oxygen-derived free radicals and reactive oxygen species (ROS) that
play a role in aging and various disease processes.
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It is also a very good
source
of vitamin-B6
(pyridoxine), provides about 28% of daily-recommended allowance.
Pyridoxine is an important B-complex vitamin that has a beneficial role
for the treatment of neuritis, and anemia. Further, it helps decrease homocystine (one
of the causative factors in coronary artery disease (CHD) and stroke
episodes) levels within the body.
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The fruit is an also moderate source of vitamin-C (about 8.7
mg per 100g). Consumption of foods rich in vitamin-C helps the body
develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful
oxygen-free radicals.
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Fresh bananas provide
adequate levels of minerals like copper, magnesium,
and manganese. Magnesium is essential for bone
strengthening and
has a cardiac-protective role as well. Manganese is used by
the
body as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide
dismutase.
Copper is required in the production of red blood cells.
- Fresh banana is a very rich source of potassium. 100 g fruit provides 358 mg potassium. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that helps control heart rate and blood pressure, countering bad effects of sodium.
Pineapple
Health benefits of Pineapple fruit
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Fresh pineapple is low in
calories. Nonetheless, ii is a storehouse of several unique
health promoting compounds, minerals and vitamins that are essential
for optimum health.
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100 g fruit provides just about 50 calories
equivalent to that of apples. Its flesh contains no saturated fats or
cholesterol; however, it is rich source of soluble and insoluble
dietary fiber like pectin.
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Pineapple fruit contains a
proteolytic enzyme bromelain
that digests food by breaking down protein. Bromelain also has
anti-inflammatory, anti-clotting and anti-cancer properties. Studies
have shown that consumption of pineapple regularly helps fight against
arthritis, indigestion and worm infestation.
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Fresh pineapple is an
excellent source of antioxidant vitamin; vitamin C. 100 g
fruit contains 47.8 or 80% of this vitamin. Vitamin C is
required for the collagen synthesis in the body. Collagen is the main
structural protein in the body required for maintaining the integrity
of blood vessels, skin, organs, and bones. Regular consumption of foods
rich in vitamin C helps the body protect from scurvy; develop
resistance
against infectious agents (boosts immunity) and scavenge harmful,
pro-inflammatory free radicals from the body.
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It also contains small
amount Vitamin A (provides 58 IU per 100 g) and beta-carotene levels.
These compounds are known to have antioxidant properties. Vitamin A
is also required maintaining healthy mucus membranes, skin
and essential for vision. Studies have suggested that
consumption of
natural fruits rich in flavonoids helps the human body to protect from
lung and
oral cavity cancers.
- In addition, this fruit is rich in B-complex group of vitamins like folates, thiamin, pyridoxine, riboflavin and minerals like copper, manganese and potassium. Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids, helps controlling heart rate and blood pressure. Copper is a helpful cofactor for red blood cell synthesis. Manganese is a co-factor for the enzyme superoxide dismutase, which is a very powerful free radical scavenger.
Papaya
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The papaya fruit is very low in calories (just
39 calories/100 g) and contains no cholesterol; however, is a rich
source of phyto-nutrients, minerals, and vitamins.
- Papayas contain soft, easily digestible flesh with a good amount of soluble dietary fiber that helps to have normal bowel movements; thereby reducing constipation.
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It is also an excellent
source
of Vitamin-A (provides
1094 IU/100 g) and flavonoids like ß-carotene,
lutein, Zea-xanthin
and cryptoxanthin. Vitamin A is required for maintaining
healthy mucus
membranes and skin and is essential for visual sight. These compounds
are known to have antioxidant properties; help act as protective
scavengers against oxygen-derived free radicals and reactive oxygen
species (ROS) that play a role in aging and various disease processes.
Consumption of natural fruits rich in carotenes has known to protect
the body from lung and oral cavity cancers.
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Papaya fruit is also rich
in
many essential B-complex vitamins such as Folic acid, pyridoxine
(vitamin B-6), riboflavin, and thiamin (vitamin B-1). These vitamins
are essential in the sense that body requires them from external
sources to replenish and play a vital role in metabolism.
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Fresh papaya also contains
a good amount of potassium (257 mg per 100 g) and calcium. Potassium is
an important component of cell and body fluids and helps controlling
heart rate and blood pressure countering effects of sodium.
- Papaya has been proven natural remedy for many ailments. In traditional medicine, papaya seeds are anti-inflammatory, anti-parasitic, and analgesic, and they are used to treat stomachache and ringworm infections.
Dates
Health benefits of dates
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Wonderfully delicious, dates are one of the
most popular fruits packed with an impressive list of essential
nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that are required for normal growth,
development and overall well-being.
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Fresh dates compose of soft, easily digestible
flesh and simple sugars like fructose and dextrose. When eaten, they
replenish energy and revitalize the body instantly. For these
qualities, they are being used to break the fast during Ramadan month
since ancient times.
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The fruit is rich in dietary fiber, which
prevents LDL cholesterol absorption in the gut. Additionally, the fiber
works as a bulk laxative. It, thus, helps to protect the colon mucous
membrane by decreasing exposure time and as well as binding to
cancer-causing chemicals in the colon.
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They contain health benefiting flavonoid
polyphenolic antioxidants known as tannins.
Tannins are known to possess anti-infective, anti-inflammatory, and
anti-hemorrhagic (prevent easy bleeding tendencies) properties.
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They are moderate sources of vitamin-A (contains
149 IU per 100 g), which is known to have antioxidant properties and
essential for vision. Additionally, it is also required maintaining
healthy mucus membranes and skin. Consumption of natural fruits rich in
vitamin A is known to help to protect from lung and oral cavity cancers.
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They compose antioxidant flavonoids such
as ß-carotene,
lutein, and zea-xanthin. These antioxidants found to have the ability
to protect cells and other structures in the body from harmful effects
of oxygen-free radicals. Thus, eating dates found to offer some
protection from colon, prostate, breast, endometrial, lung, and
pancreatic cancers.
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Zea-xanthin is an important dietary carotenoid
that selectively absorbed into the retinal macula lutea, where it
thought to provide antioxidant and protective light-filtering
functions. It thus offers protection against age-related macular
degeneration, especially in elderly populations.
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Dates are an excellent source of iron, contains 0.90
mg/100 g of fruits (about 11% of RDI). Iron, being a component of
hemoglobin inside the red blood cells, determines the oxygen-carrying the capacity of the blood.
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Further, they are very good in potassium. 100 g
contains 696 mg or 16% of daily recommended levels of this electrolyte.
Potassium is an important component of cell and body fluids that help
controlling heart rate and blood pressure. They, thus, offers
protection against stroke and coronary heart diseases.
- They are also rich in minerals like calcium, manganese, copper, and magnesium. Calcium is an important mineral that is an essential constituent of bone and teeth and required by the body for muscle contraction, blood clotting, and nerve impulse conduction. Manganese is used by the body as a co-factor for the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase. Copper is required for the production of red blood cells. Magnesium is essential for bone growth.
I am a Herbal products manufacturer by the name Saif Chem Lab.- over 60 years of Tradition continues - Saif Chem Lab is is a dynamic organisation engaged in manufacturing and marketing of Unani & Ayurvedic formulations we give free online cosultancy on treatment by natural ways.
Dr.Ali asghar saify
9993525252
www.saifchemlab.blogspot.com