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FRUITS IN HEALTHY DIET. Welcome to all my readers. Today, I've started a series of blogs on an essential Nutrient for our health, which is " Fruits". Eating fruit provides health benefits — people who eat more fruits and vegetables as part of an overall healthy diet, are likely to have a reduced risk of some chronic diseases. Fruits provide nutrients vital for health and maintenance of your body. Today my first introduction is upon the fruits grown and cultivated in my country, Mauritius. As a tropical country, a very fertile island, where there are only two seasons, Summer and Winter. Both adequate for agriculture. Rain is in abundance, mostly sunny all year round, without any severe drought too. Hence, we have lots of seasonal fruits and vegetables all the time. Tropical Fruits grown here in alphabetical order are: Avocados, Annonas/Attes, Bananas, Breadfruit, Bergamots, Carambolas/Starfruits, Coconuts, Coronsoles, Eggfruits, Guavas, Grenades, Grenadines, Grapefruits, Jamblons, Jackfruits, Litchis, Longans, Lemons, Mangoes, Mandarins, Melons, Mulberries, Oranges, olives, Pineapples, Passion fruits, Pomegranate, sugar-apple/Attes, Raspberries, Strawberries, Syzygium fruits. Health Benefits of eating a diet rich in vegetables and fruits, is a part of an overall healthy diet and may reduce risk for heart disease, including heart and other desease too. My blog of today is on: Litchis, mangoes and Grenades, consecutively, with a quick note on each. 1~ LITCHIS / LITCHEES. It is a delicious and juicy fruit, sweet and nutritious, these berries bring cooling effect on the human body to beat the summer heat. Fresh lytchee arils or flesh should be enjoyed all alone without any additions. Its slices can be a great addition to fruit salads and dressings. Lychee juice can be a refreshing drink during summer season and can be used in jellies, jams, sorbet, sauces, syrups, and as decorations too. It has all the principle Vitamins, Minerals and Electrolytes as nutrients. 2~ MANGOES. Mango comes in different shapes and sizes depending upon Cultivar types. Internally, its flesh is juice, orange-yellow Or some reddish In color when RIpen. Its flavor is pleasant and rich and in pre-biotic dietary fiber, minerals,potassium and low sodium and has an antioxidant compound. A high-quality mango fruit should feature no or very Less Fiber Content and minimal sour taste.. According to new research study, mango fruit has been found to protect Against colon, breast, leukemia and prostate cancers. Mango fruit can be enjoyed all alone without any additions Fresh mango cubes are a great addition to fruit salads Mango juice with ice cubes is a popular, delicious drink. Mango fruit juice blended with milk as "mango-milk shake." Mango fruit is also used to prepare jam, jelly, ice cream and in candy industries, while the green One can be pickled, make chutney and In other food preparation. Mangoes In my garden are grafted so they are really big one, when matured and ripen, one may weighs from 500 gm to 700 gm. 3- POMEGRANATE. Pomegranate fruit is one of the most popular, nutritionally rich fruit with unique flavor, taste, and heath promoting characteristics. Along with sub-arctic pigmented berries and some tropical exotics such as mango, it too has novel qualities of functional foods, often Called as “super fruits.” Completely grown-up tree bears numerous spherical, bright red, purple, or orange-yellow colored fruits depending on the cultivar types. Each fruit measures about 6-10 cm in diameter and weighs about 200 gm. Its tough outer skin (rind) features leathery texture. Interior of the fruit is separated by white, thin, spongy, membranous, bitter tissue into discreet compartments. Such sections, packed as sacs, filled WIth tiny edible sweet, juicy, pink pulp encasing around a single, angular, soft or hard (in case of over mature fruits) seed. It contains no cholesterol or saturated fats. It is a good source of Soluble and insoluble dietary fibers for a smooth digestion and bowel movements, for weight reduction and cholesterol controlling programs and rich in Vit C. Regular inclusion of fruits in the diets boosts immunity, improves circulation, and offers protection from cancers, effective against prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), diabetes, and lymphoma. Further more, it is an also good source of many vital B-complex groups of vitamins such as pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5), folates, pyridoxine and vitamin K, and Minerals like calcium, copper, potassium, and manganese. These are the 3 types of fruits, I have chosen for this time, the series will continue in my next blog shortly. Thanks for your reading, I hope having provided some good info. Lisa.            |
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Hi Beth, Mine is also a tropical country and I know most of the fruits you listed. I haven't eaten pomegranate since I was young, in my native town. We had a tree in our back yard. Thanks for remind us the importance of fruits in our diet.   Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.(Khalil Gibran)
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9/12/2014 11:34 pm |
I eat whatever fruits are available in my location and season. At the moment it is peaches, plums and all kinds of melons. Pomegranates will be in season soon along with apples and pears. We have all kinds of citrus all year. Spiritwoman ^i^
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Thank you for this blog. I have increased my knowledge of fruits. Some of the fruits you listed I had never hear of so I went to researching them on the web. My constant goal in all of my food supply is to stay as close to the soil as possible and away from food raised with chemicals. I am envious of where you live. You have much better temperatures and soil than where I live. . The beginning of life, conception..
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9/13/2014 7:05 am |
Hi Lisa: I eat fresh fruit mixed in with yogurt every morning, but usually just strawberries, bananas, green grapes, and a few other berries when they're in season. I also eat watermelon by itself every day. I read somewhere that there's something in watermelon that helps you lose weight, and also if you mix just a few nuts in with your fruit and yogurt you can actually lose weight too.
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Roxy1946 68 16540 posts View my blog 9/12/2014 10:47 pm Add a comment Quote | Respond What beautiful photos, and the information about these different type of fruits is appreciated. I agree with you about the beneficial effects fruits have on the human body/mind. I have a Pomegranate tree which produces fruit, the blooms are beautiful. Thank you. Have a nice weekend. Mary Annl
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Roxy dear, Thank you so much for passing by, appreciating this blog of mine and leaving your nice comments as well. It's a great pleasure for me. I have found it a must from my side to blog on something different and really necessary for our health. It will be continued afterwards with other types of fruits also. Thanks again for your kind appreciation. Wishing you a wonderful weekend too. With my best regards. Lisa.
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miteehigh3 61 2140 posts View my blog 9/12/2014 11:29 pm Add a comment Quote | Respond Thank you. This is informative and I enjoyed reading it
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Dear Glumo, Am so glad reading from you as usual and also happy that my blog has pleased you as the others too. there will be more on different fruits in my next blog, hoping it would be interesting for you too. I will continue on several other fruits too. I used to have a pomegranate tree too and it used to produce a lot of fruits and very sweet as well. But it has died after a strong cyclone has uprooted it completely. Hope seeing you soon Glumo to read about the others fruits as well. Have a nice weekend. Lisa. .
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Prici49. Welcome to my blog, nice meeting you on here. thanks for your visit and comments. Am glad that my blog has pleased you too. Seems you are not that far from my country, and hope to read from you again. Wishing you all my best till I read from you on the continuation on my Blog on Fruits. Best wished to you and thanks a lot. Lisa.
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Spiritwoman, How delighted I am reading you once more from you on my blog, it's a great pleasure really, it allows us to keep in touch frequently. Thank you for your usual visit and your nice comments too. I do appreciate greatly whenever my readers post their comments on my blogs, as this encourage me to continue as well. Great, you have lots of fruits also there, enjoy them as much as you can as long as they are so good for our health and do no harm in consuming them too. Wish you a lovely weekend, till my next blog coming soon. Best wished to you. Lisa.
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MySeek, welcome again to my blog, Great to read from you again and thanks for your pleasant visit and for your interesting comments too. Yes, MySeek, I've been to most countries in Europe and have seen also all the types of fruits there and the imported ones too. Here we do export fruits and flowers to Europe as well, Specially the seasonal fruits, such as Pineapples, and Litchis as well, when in season and all are controlled here too. Glad that you enjoy many kinds of fruits available in your country, very good for your health too. Hope you'll also enjoy my next blog, a continuation on other kind of fruits as well. Good to know about them even if not grown in every country. Thanks again my dear, hoping to read from you soon. Wish you a great weekend. Kind regards. Lisa.
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Hi Gasi, Welcome back to my significant blog again Gasi, happy to read from you again, knowing that this blog has pleased you as much as the other readers. As I know that many fruits I've mentioned on this blog of mine, are not well known to many, of course I won't blame them as such, cause many fruits do not grow in all regions due to the different climates too. Am glad to have introduced some fruits which are not well known to you, hope you have researched them on the web and had got good ideas about them. Beware, there will be many more coming on my next blog and future too, so you'll have a very good knowledge about them as well. Here we do take care too that our products are not other than the soil grown type also. As you know my island is a very fertile land and with such good climate too, fruits and vegs grow very well all year round. Don't be that envious of my small country, it welcomes everyone at any time, all year round too. Thanks for your good feelings and your appreciation for my posts, Hope to read from you again on my next one as there will be many more. Wishing you and family, a very best weekend. Kind regards, Lisa.
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Bijou, my dear reader, How happy I am too reading from you again. My deep thanks to you for your appreciated visit as well as for your nice comments. Very happy to hear that you consume lots of fruits also, as we know they are so good for our health. So keep it up Bijou, they are good for the skin too and beneficent as well for the health. Better than all the chemicals in other beauty products. As the quote says " An apple a day sends the doctor away", !!!. there will be many more kinds of fruits which I'll post on my next and future blogs too Bijou, hoping that it will please you as well.So keep your visits as frequent as possible to watch them on. I thank you again and wish you a lovely weekend too. Hoping to read from you again. with my kind regards. Lisa.
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miteehigh3 61 2142 posts View my blog 9/12/2014 11:29 pm Add a comment Quote | Respond Thank you. This is informative and I enjoyed reading it.
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Miteehigh, Thank you for passing by, leaving your nice comments which I appreciate much. Am glad that you have enjoyed my blog. Hoping to see you again on my next one soon, which I guess would be as well interesting to you. Thanks again, with my best regards. Lisa.
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