An Apple a Day

Diet concept. Fruits with measuring tape  on a plate like weight scale

How used to are you to the litany of the benefit of fruits? The colorful drops of heaven are actually too beneficial for you to let it go unnoticed. They have an answer to a range of health conditions that may affect you and even if you have them without a reason, only snacking on them or biting off an apple to your work, it will bless you with a lot of goodness. In fact there is a prevalent saying on the very name of it, an apple a day keeps the doctor away.

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If you include fruits and vegetables in your diet then it will reduce the risk of heart diseases, even heart attack and strokes.

You can avoid cancer by having a diet rich in fruits and vegetables. If you eat varieties of fruits and vegetables everyday then it will do wonders for your immune system.

Fruits and vegetables which are rich in fiber are empowered to fight obesity and Type-2 diabetes. In fact fruits are nature’s sugar that you can trust and count n.

Having a rich vegan diet ensuring loads of potassium with all kinds of fruits and vegetables painting your plate colorful, you may also be able to lower blood pressure, reduce the risk of kidney stones and to add to the natural miracle, it also decreases bone loss.

With fruits you can also lower your calorie as fruits being a low calorie food, also balances your calorie intake.

Fruits are genuinely low in fat and calories. They are also known to be low in sodium content and you can definitely avoid the risk of cholesterol.

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The essential nutrients that you derive from fruits are varied and multiple. To name some of the essential nutrients, they are dietary fiber, vitamins, potassium, folic acid, iron etc. To name some fruits which are a source of potassium, they are prunes, bananas, peach, apricot, cantaloupe, orange, melon etc. Fiber again as an essential nutrient in fruits helps in reducing painful conditions like constipation, diverticulosis etc. They also give a feeling of fullness with a very small amount of calorie intake, which is almost negligible. But it is essentially the whole fruits which are the source of dietary fibers and fruit juice does not contain fiber or the amount of fiber in juices is so insignificant, it can be regarded as containing no fiber.

Now chances are that you may have heard it from various sources but never have known for sure the benefit or importance of vitamin C in our lives. Yes all the vitamins are important as each of them have a particular function assigned to them but Vitamin C has a special significance for our body, as it very much takes care of the good looks that everyone is so obsessed with today. The glow on your face and the blessed skin you have is all by virtue of and is the department of Vitamin C. The vitamin is responsible for the growth and repairing of tissues in our body. It helps you heal those cuts and wounds that you suffer from the little accidents that is the part and parcel of life on earth. It is also burdened with the responsibility of ensuring healthy teeth and gums. However, every time your sking goes crazy or acts abnormal, doctors stress on the supplement of Vitamin C as it can very much bring you back your glory. That apple every day that you have been manipulated to chew on ever since you have known consciousness is also very high on Vitamin C.

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The folic acid or folate that we also mentioned will facilitate the formation of RBC or red blood cells which is highly beneficial for pregnant woman and they should take the good advice and include the fruits in their diet which are rich in folate content. This natural privilege will reduce the risk of a number of health conditions that women bearing a child are vulnerable to, like neural tube defects, spina bifida, anencephaly during foetal development etc. But however that does not mean that if you are not pregnant or you happen to be a man, that you say goodbye to fruits that are high in folate content.

The vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, phytochemicals that your body demands to be functioning effectively comes from fruits essentially and if you are still not eating a lot of fruits then you are making a mistake. One apple which contains 4 grams of soluble fiber will provide you with 17% of the daily amount that you need every day. It will take care of your colon, easing the way of the stool alright but it will also regulate your blood sugar levels. So if you happen to suffer from constipation, I suggest you swear by apple, papaya etc. Grapes again highglemic food, so when you need to snack on something post the training session, go ahead, have some grapes. Fruits are again beneficial when it comes to inflammation and cherries have been created to suit that purpose. So if you are a victim of chronic inflammation, you might consider having a lot of cherries. They are also very tasty. So you see with fruits it is not one benefit for each but it rains goodness with each one of them.

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