WHY YOU SHOULD TAKE FRUITS DAILY

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!
1. Fruits are low in calories
and fat and are a
source of simple
sugars, fiber, and
vitamins, which are
essential for optimizing
our health.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Anthocyanins are
flavonoid category of
poly-phenolic
compounds found in
some "blue fruits" like
blue-black grapes,
mulberries, acai berry,
chokeberries,
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 cancers, aging,
infections etc. These
pigments tend to
concentrate just
underneath the skin.
5. 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 to major
ailments like age related
macular degeneration of
retina in the eyes,
Alzheimer’s disease,
colon cancers, weak
bones (osteoporosis)…
and the list of fruit
nutrition benefits never
ends! Share this info!