9/24/09

Fruit as a complete food

Fruit- a complete food


Recommendations by the consumption of fruit is very healthy, even the glorification of the fruit as a complete food, some people read very wrong, in good faith to benefit their body is literally overeating with fruit and enjoy it with every meal. Fruit itself - for example, the biologically produced - does contain many vitamins, minerals, enzymes, antioxidants, fiber and carbohydrates for energy, but your logic certainly already savvy that neither extreme is good and the excessive consumption of fruit, especially if it is mixed with other foods, may have negative effects on digestion, body weight and physical and mental well-being.
What if the consumption of fruit just is not so great?
Adult be as recommended by experts to eat daily between 250 and 500 grams of fruit, depending on age, gender, body weight, digestive characteristics of this food. If you eat more fruit daily, as it’s recommended, may occur indigestion, eructation, and abdominal pain. Dietitians and scientists have created a number of theories on how to enjoy the fruits that the optimal use of the body and from that you will not gain weight. Except the father of the protein diet, dr. Atkinson, no one else was so bold, that would advise that you should consume fruits completely waived.

Fruit- a complete food

9/8/09

Fruit-Source of Antioxidants

Fruit-Source of Antioxidants


We all know the fruit as a source of vitamins, but it is much more. Let us not forget the antioxidants. While our body produces its own antioxidants, its resistance also increased with daily consumption of foods containing antioxidants. The importance of antioxidants is still, despite numerous studies that speak to their advantage, the subject of lively debates. Antioxidants protect our organism against free radicals, produced by the body during metabolism, or are part of the defense against bacteria.
The body increases the production of free radicals, if we are over-exposed to environmental pollution, ultraviolet rays, cigarette smoke ... Fortunately, many foods contain antioxidants that help protect the body from danger. Neutralize free radicals, especially some vitamins E, C and A (beta-carotene) and minerals such as selenium (avocados, sea fish and seafood), zinc (red meat, fish, wheat germ ...) and copper (nuts, seeds ...).

Fruit-Source of Antioxidants


Antioxidant properties also have other substances in certain vegetables and fruits (cinarin in the artichokes). Antioxidants are in the food industry are also important preservatives. They add them to the margarine and oil that causes a disadvantage oxidation (rancidity) and help maintain a natural appearance.
Antioxidants in fruit juices to prevent a change in color to be added to wheat flour and improve the properties of the flour in baking. In order to ensure sufficient supply of natural vitamins and minerals and the antioxidants, it is still safer to eat more fresh dark green vegetables and yellow-red fruit with nuts and avocado at the forefront rather than only to turn to food supplements.

Fruit-Source of Antioxidants

9/6/09

Fruits and Vegetables- Agriculture

Fruits and Vegetables- Agriculture


Data from institutions various researches still shows the loading of fruit with pesticides, and often the consumer is confused and does not know what is better, eat fresh fruit and vegetables or not. The fact is that even in the processes of conventional agriculture use of fertilizers and pesticides is controlled. Residues of these and other materials for surface protection of fruit and vegetables during storage remain on the surface. So, a hygiene kind of food preparation dictates washing fruit (pears, apples, plums ...) and vegetables under cold running water before consume or cooked processed.

Fruits and Vegetables- Agriculture


You must also think of the enjoyment of peeled fruit, of course this is the banana, citrus and kiwi, by peeling pears, apples, peaches, apricots or plums you remove most of the substances causing the fruit at all enjoyable. Therefore buy seasonal fruit and vegetables (storage period is shorter), fruit and vegetables with no visible traces of rot, abrasion and other mechanical damage, immediately before ingestion of a good wash under running water, but never wash fruit and vegetables in large quantities of water!

Fruits and Vegetables- Agriculture