An In-Depth Look at Fruit

Fresh fruits, goldmine of vitamins, minerals and fibre are ideal to consume a minimum of 4-5 servings in a day. Being that they are in the natural type, account for largest a part of water and 100% bad cholesterol free, it is much easier for the body to process as well as absorb the minerals and vitamins from the fresh fruit.

Apple - Round fresh fruit with lots of fibre, nutritional vitamins A, C, At the and folate. Available in green, red or yellow skin when ripe. Apples reduce the risk of colon cancer, cancer of the prostate and lung cancer. They also help with heart disease, weight loss and controlling ldl cholesterol.

Bananas - Long thick skinned fruit yellow in colour when ripe. Good supply 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-colored or black within colour when ripened. Cherries also have to be ripe to consume. Cherries contain anthocyanins that reduce pain & inflammation.

Figs -- Eaten either dried out or fresh, figs include vitamin A, C, folate as well as niacin. A small sweet fruit full of small seeds.

Kiwi - A rich source of vitamins A, D, E, B -- complex, calcium, metal and folic acid, kiwi is really a small oval fruit with thin dark brown skin, soft eco-friendly flesh and dark seeds. The skin is a great source of flavonoid antioxidants.

Lime - Lime or even lemon is the most grown citrus fruit with eco-friendly to yellow color loaded with vitamins A, C and folate. Juice of lime is good for detoxification and has antioxidants.

Peach - Round juicy fruit having a yellowish red skin & flesh having a flavor of acidic tang as well as sweetness contains a rough stone. Always to be picked and consumed ripe.

Orange - A round thick-skinned succulent edible fruit that's a reddish-yellow colour when fresh with sweet to sour flavour. Peeled and eaten fresh or squeezed to make juice. Contain vitamin C, flavanoids, provides pectin and rich in salt when ripened in sunshine.

Plum - soft spherical smooth-skinned fruit with sweet flesh and a flattish directed 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 from sodium and cholesterol.

Papaya - The melon like fresh fruit with yellow- orange flesh with dozens of little black seeds encased in skin which ranges in colour from green to orange. Either spherical, pear-shaped, or long like a banana. Rich in nutritional vitamins A, B, D, and D; calcium supplement, phosphorous and iron. It's high in digestive properties and has a direct pick-me-up effect on the stomach.

Pear - A sweet juicy yellow or green fruit with a rounded form 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 - The triangular shaped red-colored colour fruit. It's one of the richest sources of Vitamin C and fiber. It has high content of sodium and iron. It helps in whitening of the teeth. Accustomed to relieve rheumatism.

Watermelon -- a type of melon with smooth exterior rind and juicy fairly sweet red interior flesh. Extraordinarily refreshing to drink as fruit juice or eaten when ripe and fresh. Valuable for minerals, vitamins and sugars with useful quantity of fibre and iron.

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