Wednesday 30 November 2011

Pomegranate

Pomegranate

 Pomegranate
The pomegranate's single and potent nutrients help your body like no other fruit Pomegranate is a round shaped fruit with juicy red seeds that have a sweet taste. The seeds, peel and aril of the Pomegranate fruit are all edible, but it is the juicy seeds that are often the primary source of nutrients. 

In addition to being a high source of fiber, pomegranate is an outstanding source of essential amino acids, vitamin A, C, E, B5, B3 or Niacin, Iron, folic acid, potassium, and antioxidant polyphenol. These properties make pomegranate a great home medication for many ailments. Despite pomegranates not having loads of nutrients compare to other fruits, pomegranate juice has antioxidants and a good amount of health benefits. This unusual fruit is also featured in mythology and habit as a symbol of good tidings.It can help to prevent heart disease, relieve. They originate a significant decrease in a marker associated with cell damage, which can cause impaired brain, muscle, liver and kidney function as well as ageing effects on the skin.
The medical industry has said that the pomegranate fruit would help to minor high blood pressure. Also they have said that the fruit can help to decrease the levels of bad cholesterol in your body. These effects will help to keep your heart healthy and reduce the chances of having strokes or heart disease.
Let’s go over the nutritional profile before we go into the health benefits of pomegranate juice. It can help to decrease the chances of having heart problems or a stroke.
Pomegranate is believed to help stability level in women. Therefore, daily intake of a glass of pomegranate juice or a capsule of Pomegranate extract can help combat PMS and menopausal problems.
Pomegranate juice is a good cause of Vitamin C, Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5), Folate, Potassium and Vitamin K.
 The antioxidants in the pomegranate fruit can help to lower high blood pressure but it can also help to reduce the bad cholesterol levels in your body.
It has also been stated that the fruit is great for your hair and skin and keeps them looking smooth, soft and young. People take the fruit frequently to help with the anti-aging process.
But pomegranate juice’s real claim to reputation is the antioxidants it has! Both the whole fruit and juice version are loaded with antioxidant polyphenols similar to those found in wine and tea.
The juice can help lessen the stomach pain and infuriation caused by diarrhea. The anti-inflammatory properties in pomegranates can help to reduce the pain of a sore throat.
Punicalagins so far have only been found in pomegranate and has been under the scientific community’s spotlight for its anti-disease and anti-cancer benefits.

Cherry

Cherry

 Cherry

Cherry fruit is filled with full of health benefiting nutrients and exclusive antioxidants. This fruits have bright "shiny" red or purple color with very thin skin. The ancient days saw the cherry fruit being used for their medicinal purposes as well. Let us take a look at some facts about these red cherry fruits. Cherries are a fave of most of the people for its amazing taste.
Botanically, they belong to the family of rosaceae of genus, prunus, which also includes “drupe” family of fruits like plums, peaches, apricots etc. Commonly used in recipes, cherries are a good source of vitamins and also contain antioxidants and compounds beneficial for our health. Cherries contain fiber that is useful for a healthy digestive system.
Fruit Advantage offers highly concentrated, fruit-based capsules, tart cherry juice concentrate and dried cherries for people who strive to enjoy a healthy lifestyle. Our fruit-based line is a safe and a natural way that promotes health, wellness and convenience.
Red cherries are also very high in melatonin. These are known to destroy the toxins that cause diseases. The cherry fruit is also high in antioxidants that help to fight cancer and heart disease.
The cherry fruits are low in cholesterol, fat and sodium. They are also a very good source of fiber and Vitamin C.
The cherry fruit extract contains antioxidant flavonoids and are used in many tablets and capsules. These capsules are used to support the pH levels of the body.
They are also good source of minerals such as potassium, iron, zinc, copper and manganese. Potassium is a heart-healthy mineral; an important component of cell and body fluids that helps control heart rate and blood pressure.
Cherries are one of the very low calorie fruits; yet are rich source of nutrients, vitamins and minerals. Both sweet as well as tart Cherries are packed with numerous health benefiting compounds that are essential for wellbeing.

Tuesday 29 November 2011

Pineapple

Pineapple

 Pineapple
One of the most valued and popular fruits, pineapple or "ananas" Pineapple is a tropical, perennial, drought-tolerant plant that grows up to 5-8 ft in height and spreads around about 3 to 4 ft. 

It is essentially a short, stout stem with a rosette of waxy with long, needle tipped leaves. The rough, tough, scaly rind may be dark green, yellow, orange-yellow or reddish when the fruit is ripe. While most everyone is memorable with the pineapple fruit. Pineapples are not grown from seed. Pineapple is one of those foods that are heaven to eat. A good, juicy grown pineapple can satisfy a sweet craving as well as any chocolate bar. In addition to being a delicious food, there are many health benefits of pineapple.
Scientific name:   comosus
Nutrients:
The observable benefits of pineapple are all the vitamins and minerals the fruit is loaded with. Its nutrients include calcium, potassium, fiber, and vitamin C. In addition it is low in fat and cholesterol. Pineapple has many medical uses.
Pineapple benefits: 
  • Fresh pineapple is storehouse of many health promote compound, minerals and vitamins that are essential for optimum health.
  • Pineapples can help with joint and muscle pain so it is good to help prevent and treat sports injuries. Pineapple can help with the healing of bruise and it may also help ease arthritis pain. It is good for any joint ache.
  • Gums hold your teeth in place and the teeth will be in poor condition if you have unhealthy gums. By eating pineapple, you strengthen the gums for many years later.
  • Bromelain in pineapple is also regard as an effective anti-inflammatory. Regular consumption of at least one half a cups daily fresh pineapple can reduce joint pain is recognized in osteoarthritis.
  • Bromelain found in pineapple helps indigestion. Eat one slice of pineapple behind meals will reduce gas, bloating, nausea, constipation and symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Fresh pineapple juice also helps in remove intestinal worms.
  • Pineapple can help reduce the risk of blood clots, thereby also preventing the occurrence of heart desease.
  • Pineapple be fine for Colds and Coughs.
  • One of the benefits of pineapple is that it helps to build healthy bones. Pineapples are rich in manganese, a trace mineral that is desirable for your body to build bone and connective tissues.

Monday 28 November 2011

FleshyFruit Fig

FleshyFruit Fig


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Delicious, sweet flavor fig fruit is one of the olden fruits enjoy in the human history. It’s also called as anjeer. Fig fruits are bell-shaped, with a wide, flat bottom narrowing to a pointed top. When the fruit ripens, the top may twist, forming a "neck." Figs can be brown, purple, green, yellow or black, and vary in size. The skin is slightly wrinkled and stringy.
They are often dried for preservation, since the fresh fruits are highly delicate. The fig flowers develop inside the fruit and cannot be seen. Figs tend to be more popular in their dried form because fresh figs are very slight and tend to deteriorate quickly. When choosing fresh figs, select those which are plump and tender, have a rich, deep color, are free from bruises and are not soft. The figs fruits include more health benefits treatment of sexual weakness, constipation, indigestion, piles, diabetes, cough, bronchitis, and asthma. It also helps in gaining weight after illness. Botanically figs belong to the mulberry family (Moraceae); of the genus, Ficus. Scientific name: Ficus carica.

Figs are sweet and soft and their paste is used as a replacement for sugar. Processed figs are used to make pies, pudding, cakes, other bakery products, jam, jellies and preserves.
Nutrients:

It contains Vitamin A, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, soluble dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins and pigment anti-oxidants, calcium, copper, potassium, manganese, iron, selenium and zinc.

Healthy Benefits:

  • The dietary fiber in figs can also help to lose weight and is fitting for obese individuals. Be careful -- figs also cause weight gain, mainly when taken with milk.

  • Fiber in figs helps keep against post-menopausal breast cancer.

  • Figs are full of calcium. Calcium helps make stronger your bones.

  • The large mucilage pleased of the fruit aids you to cure and take care of painful throats.

  • Figs contain Pectin, a soluble fiber. When fiber goes during the digestive system, it mop up globes of cholesterol and carries them out of body.

  • Dried figs contain phenol, Omega-3 and Omega-6. These oily acids decrease the risk of coronary heart disease.


Sunday 27 November 2011

Jackfruit

Jackfruit

 Jackfruit

Jackfruit is the name of the fruit of ‘jackfruit’ tree, which belong to the mulberry family. Jackfruit tree is native to Southeast Asian Countries, however has create its way to other countries like Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and others.

Enormous and prickly on the outer surface, jackfruit looks somewhat like durian once a jackfruit is cracked open, what you will find within are pods or "bulbs". Often referred to as the seeds, these bulbs are actually kinds of fleshy covering for the true seeds or pits, which are round and dark like chestnuts. When young its flesh is green, and it can be made keen on a tasty vegetable dish. Inside the fleshy piece are the seeds (nut) which is similar to chestnuts. Jackfruit seeds can be roasted or boiled.
Jackfruit Nutrition:
It contain vitamins and minerals such as   Vitamin A, Vitamin B, Vitamin C, Potassium, Fat, Carbohydrates, flavones, antioxidants, Protein, Calories, Riboflavin, Niacin.
Jackfruit health benefits:
  • Jackfruit is an admirable source of vitamin C, a powerful nutrient which helps protect against viral and bacterial infections. Vitamin C helps to make stronger the immune system function by supporting the white blood cells function.
  • Jackfruit serves as a good provider of proteins, carbohydrates and vitamins, for the human body. It is supposed that the fruit can help avoid and treat stress and nervousness.
  • Helps to lower blood pressure because of its high potassium content.
  •  It contains phytonutrients may help eliminate cancer-causing free radical from the body and slow the relapse of cells that can lead to degenerative diseases. Jackfruit is also known to contain anti-ulcer properties which help cure ulcers and digestive disorders.
  • Jackfruit contains vitamin A, a powerful nutrient which known to keep a healthy eye and skin. It also helps avoid vision-related problems.
  • Jackfruit is measured as an energy generating fruit due to the presence of simple sugars like fructose and sucrose which give you an almost immediate energy boost.
  • The root of this fruit has been found to be positive for those suffering from asthma and also good for the treatment of information of skin problems
  • Since it contains few calories and a very small quantity of fat, jackfruit is good for those trying to lose weight.

Thursday 24 November 2011

Tasty Potato

Tasty Potato

All those naughty children around the world, who dislike eating any vegetable and hatred them like whatever thing, share another common interest. From mix up browns to French fries to potato salad everyone loves potatoes
healthy vegetables
But few people really know the true value of this ubiquitous root healthy vegetable. Today one cannot even imagine vegetables without potatoes. Potato, nutritionally rich tuberous root vegetable, is a good source of starch and fiber.

Potato Nutrients:
Our food level system practiced potatoes as a very good source of vitamin C, a good source of vitamin B6, copper, potassium, manganese, and dietary fiber.
Tasty Potato 
We can make the special snacks in potatoes. Children’s are love potatoes snacks and it’s very tasty also. Every day make different snacks and gives to your children it make very healthy...

The potato has many healing and medicinal property that very few people know that the same thing that gives them a French fry has. Potatoes are alkaline, which helps to detoxify and balance excess acidity in the body. This also makes the potato an antiulcer. It helps to reduce inflammation and the pain cause by it. The skin of the potato contains chlorogenic acid, which can help to avoid cell mutation that sometimes causes cancer. Potatoes can also help to encourage healthy blood circulation which can regulate your blood pressure and lead to a more healthy heart. Since potatoes mostly contain carbohydrates, they are easy to digest and facilitate digestion.

Some Benefits: 
  • Potatoes are small in sodium, nearly fat liberated and easy to digest. They make active part of every diet.
  • Potatoes are mound of carbohydrates and contain tiny proteins too. This makes it an perfect diet for those lean and thins who greatly want to put on weight.
  • This helps even curing pimples and spots on the skin.
  • Potatoes help to improve struggle to heart attack and stroke. The potassium content, available in potatoes, helps in maintain fluid and electrolyte stability in the body cells.Potato
  • The fiber content helps slow combination of starch in the gut and thereby keeping blood sugar levels. Potatoes also help in normal performance of heart and keeping a check on blood pressure.
  • It raise the glucose level in the blood and over eating may cause fatness, which in turn can put a lot of pressure on your heart; hence it is not suggested for heavy or diabetic people.

Wednesday 23 November 2011

Healthy Okra

Healthy Okra

Okra, also termed as lady's finger, is a flowering plant in the mallow family. This plant is known for its edible green fruits, or long green pods. Its scientific name is "abelmoschus esculentus" and also "hibiscus esculentus". 
healthy vegetables
For centuries, this green and healthy vegetable has been widely grown across the entire African region .It is a very useful vegetable and inexpensive medicine, as it is available practically round the year in India. Its use to boost sexual vigour and reduce excess menstrual blood. Due to its sweet taste, cold potency, vata-pitta pacifier nature, strength promoting aphrodisiac qualities, it is a very useful to ladies close to menopause.

Okra Nutrients: 
healthy okra
lady's finger is low in Sodium, Saturated Fat and Cholesterol, thus, an ideal diet for human consumptionHigh in Dietary Fiber, Vitamins, such as A,C, K, thiamin,B6, Folate, Calcium, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Manganese, Protein, Riboflavin, Niacin, Iron, Zinc and Copper.

Okra Benefits:
  • lady's finger helps relieve constipation.
  • lady's finger helps control blood sugar as it curbs the rate at which sugar is absorbed from the intestinal tract.
  • lady's finger contains soluble fiber which helps in controlling the cholesterol level in our bodies.
  • lady's finger contains insoluble fiber too which keeps the intestinal track healthy.
  • Lady Finger helps in reducing risks of deadly diseases like cancer.
  • Nurture you hair - Lady's Finger can be applied to hair as the last rinse to make your hair bounce.
  • It’s good for people who have asthma.

Tuesday 22 November 2011

Cool Cucumber

Cool Cucumber


Ever wonder how to beat the scorching summer heat? Remember humble crunchy cucumber! This wonderful, low calorie and healthy vegetable indeed has more nutrients to offer than just water and electrolytes.
healthy vegetables
The vegetable is one of the oldest cultivated crops and believed to be originating in the northern plains of India. Next to tomatoes, cabbage, and onions, cucumbers are the fourth most widely cultivated vegetable in the world.

Cucumbers are scientifically known as Cucumis sativus and belongCool Cucumber to the same botanical family as melons (including watermelon and cantaloupe) and squashes (including summer squash, winter squash, zucchini and pumpkin). Commercial production of cucumbers is usually divided into two types. "Slicing cucumbers" are produced for fresh consumption. "Pickling cucumbers" are produced for eventual processing into pickles. Cucumber is easy to grow. Different varieties, varying in size, shape, and color, are cultivated all around the world. In general, the fruit features dark green skin, crispy moisture rich flesh, and small edible seeds concentrated at its center.Slicing cucumbers are usually larger and have thicker skins, while pickling cucumbers are usually smaller and have thinner skins.Because of its high water content many health benefits of cucumber are physical, such as clear skin, reduction in under eye swelling and sunburn relief. But the water content in cucumbers is also responsible for helping rid your body of toxins that can make you sick.Cucumbers have mild diuretic property probably due to their high water and potassium content, which helps in checking weight gain and high blood pressure. When combined with a well-balanced diet, cucumbers can help you regulate blood pressure.

CucumberAlthough not a fat burning superstar on its own, adding cucumber to a salad can help boost your daily fiber intake for increased fat burning for weight loss. And thanks to the water content, you’ll get the fluid you need to help process fiber. The peel of the cucumber is an excellent source of dietary fiber than can relieve constipation and protect against some types of colon cancer.

t is a very good source of potassium, an important intracellular electrolyte. Potassium is a heart friendly electrolyte; helps reduce blood pressure and heart rates by countering effects of sodium.
Vegetables Healthy For Us

Vegetables Healthy For Us


Why are vegetables healthy for us

When you were a child, you have probably been told all the time to eat a lot of vegetables. You have been told that they are good for your health, and the more you eat them, the healthier you will be.

 healthy vegetables

You know that healthy  vegetables are good for you and you need more in your diet. Vegetables are packed full of goodness and often contain a number of essential vitamins and minerals that cannot be found in other types of foods or they may contain higher levels of these nutrients than other foods.  By breaking the produce down into simple color categories, you can keep your balanced diet and health moving in the right direction and reduce the confusion when you are shopping. As time went on, people learned a lot about the impact of vegetables on their health.

Different colored fruits and vegetables contain different minerals, nutrients and antioxidants and therefore it is recommended that we consume a wide variety of fruit and vegetables in order to receive the benefits from the various types. Vegetables are full of vitamins (mostly A, B, C and K), fibers and minerals that help our body to function normally and allow us to maintain a healthy lifestyle. 
vegetables

One interesting thing to keep in mind is that most greens are best when eaten raw, as they lose many of their vital ingredients during the cooking process. Vegetables are full of antioxidants, which are crucial in slowing down the aging process and eliminating the free radicals that appear in the body, mainly from stress.

Monday 21 November 2011

Healthy Carrot

Healthy Carrot

This a root vegetable, usually orange or white, or red-white blends in color, with a crisp texture when fresh. It is an healthy vegetables all are love this vegetable...attractive color...children are mostly like raw carrot. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. It is a domesticated form of the wild carrot Daucus carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia.
healthy vegetables
With the exception of beets, carrots contain more sugar than any other vegetable, which makes them a satisfying snack eaten raw and a tasty addition to a variety of cooked dishes. And among other kinds of vegetables, many people like to eat carrot, whether adults or children .

Carrot Nutrients:
They are rich in carotene (the source of vitamin A) and high in fiber and sugar content. The deeper the orange color of a carrot, the higher the beta carotene content. Beta carotene is also a powerful antioxidant effective in fighting against some forms of cancer, especially lung cancer. Current research suggests that it may also protect against stroke, and heart disease. Research also shows that the beta carotene in vegetables supplies this protection, not vitamin supplements. Beta carotene own included in the carotenoida have been identified and there are more than 600 different types of carotene. Older carrots have a higher quantity of sugar than younger carrots and so taste sweeter, but younger carrots have more folate, one of the B vitamins which may help prevent birth defects in babies.
Benfits:
  • Carrot is prevent cancer, especially lung cancer.
  • Carrot prevents dim twilight and Improve Vision.
  • Lowered blood cholesterol.
  • Carrot also improves coughing and high blood pressure.carrot juice
  • It is  contains calcium, potassium, vitamin B and C. Calcium helps prevent the narrowing of the blood vessels resulting from contracting of the muscular wall of the vessels.  Potassium promotes regular heartbeat. Vitamin B improves metabolism. Vitamin C protects cells against free radicals and strengthens blood vessel walls.