Nature’s gifts- fruits

August 17th, 2018

Fruits have been a very healthy and delicious part of the food world, not only do they taste great and appeal to us. They are nature’s sweet gifts to us and eating them is essential to have healthy and fit lifestyle. these fruits come in a number of shape sizes and colours. Regardless of where you live, every corner of the world has fruits. They also come with a number of health benefits, let us have a look at some of them.

  • Fruits in general provide a lot of vitamins and fibres that us humans require. they help prevent the risk of cardiovascular diseases and even though they are sweet they also prevent the risk of diabetes. Fruits provide a lot of nutrition to the body, you know what they say, an apple a day keeps the doctor away!
  • Normal fresh fruit hampers most of the time come with citrus fruits, berries, and tropical fruits. If you look at blueberries alone they come with Anthocyanin the powerful antioxidant that helps prevent the damage of cells by free radicals.On a more serious note help prevent Alzheimer’s disease and stroke as well.They also help improve memory and concentration of a person.
  • Apples are not only delicious and easy to eat, but they come with various health benefits as well. One such being improving your neurological health. They help protect the cells in the brain from stress inducing neurotoxicity as well has help prevent neuro degenerative disorder which causes a lot of memory loss as the person grows older.Apple also provides phenolic, which improve health and have also been found to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women. It comes with vitamin c and prevents as well as reduces chances of obesity.
  • Citrus fruits such as oranges, Pomelo and lemons also contain the antioxidant anthocyanin and hence also prevent heart diseases and memory loss. They also prevent the oxidation or accumulation of bad cholesterol, and hence preventing the future chances of the person suffering from a heart attack. Citrus fruits also help prevent heart attacks by improving the blood flow hence not allowing unnecessary blood clotting. Citruses and apples grow in colder regions such as Canada, UK and USA. If you look at the shops and sites that provide Fruit Delivery in UK, you will see the reasonable prices and the amount that they are sold at.
  • Phyto nutrients in strawberries are responsible for its colour and flavour and contain a large number of compounds which play a huge role in the prevention of various diseases. Flavonoids a type of antioxidant protect the heart by decreasing the inflammatory process in the body. They help in the functioning of the blood vessels and also prevent the accumulation of bad cholesterol as well as blood clotting.
  • Mangoes are a wonderful and delicious summer time fruits.They grow in most tropical states and have been found to prevent pimple and come with a lot of skin care benefits as well. It also helps Alkalize the body, the presence of malic acid and citric acid found in it helps replenish the alkaline reserve in the body. It also plays a great role in improving the digestion process, they come with enzymes that are great at breaking down proteins. They are a perfect summer fruit as they cool down your body and also help prevent and recover from heat stokes as well.

So, we know about food that harm and food that heal, and now we see that fruits are one of those foods that heal and also help maintain and prevent a lot of health problems no matter where in the world you live.