stay healthy, Eat "FRUITS'

Fruits are an important part of a healthy diet, because they are naturally low in calories, fat, sodium, and cholesterol and fruits play an important role in keeping the body healthy. Fruits also are nature’s wonderful medicines packed with vitamins, minerals, anti-oxidants and many phyto-nutrients (Plant derived micronutrients). They are an absolute feast to our sight, not just because of their color and flavor but their unique nutrition-profile that help the body stay fit and healthy!

some benefits of eating fruits are; 

1. Eating a diet rich in some vegetables and fruits as part of an overall healthy diet may protect against certain types of cancers, it also lowers risk of Risk of Illness and Disease because Fruits contain many vitamins and nutrients that may reduce risk for many illnesses which includes: Stroke, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, Certain cancers, such as mouth, stomach, and colon-rectum cancer, and Kidney stones, Bone loss.
2. Eating fruits play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
3. There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. If you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.
4. Fruits Hydrate the Body because they are made up of 90 percent 95 percent water. Water is an important nutrient. It is responsible for transporting nutrients around the body, regulating body temperature, keeping joints moist, and getting rid of waste products in the body.
5. Vitamin C is important for growth and repair of all body tissues, helps heal cuts and wounds, and keeps teeth and gums healthyhence fruit eating is essential.

Examples of fruits include;

ORANGE: Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

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APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

 a "fruity" day *wink*

Monday, June 10, 2013