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Top Five Fruits For Healthy Living by Nagisa: 3:52pm On Apr 10, 2017
Fruit has been recognized as a good source of vitamins and minerals, and for their role in preventing vitamin C and vitamin A deficiencies. People who eat fruit as part of an overall healthy diet generally have a reduced risk of Chronic disease.

Fruit are important sources of many nutrients, including potassium, fiber, vitamin C and folate (folic acid).
The nutrients in fruit are vital for health and the maintenance of your body. The potassium in fruit can reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke.

Potassium may also reduce the risk of developing kidney stones and help to decrease bone loss as you age.

Folate (folic acid) helps the body form red blood cells. Women of childbearing age who may become pregnant and those in the first trimester of pregnancy need adequate folate. Folate helps prevent neural tube birth defects, such as spina bifida.



Some fruits are very good for energy stability and they are:

Apples: This fruits is high in fiber and also contain some other nutrients which arenutritional to the body.



This fruit usually comes in round shape, hard, and usually don’t spoil quicklyif left unrefrigerated.



Bananas: boost energy with a good amount of potassium, which is good for maintaining membrane potential, a stimulus response that enables muscles to contract.

 Strawberries: they provide an excellent energy boost too. But the most toxic pesticides are used on them. They have to be organic.


Papaya:can give you and energy boost and improve your digestion if you eat the seeds, but the same regional GMO advice for pineapples applies to papaya.


Orangeshttp:provide a lot of energy and vitamin C. Don’t buy and consume juices, however, especially those generated from concentrates. It’s best to eat the complete wedges from a freshly peeled orange.


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