The best fruits for your healt
AVOCADO
- Full of healthy fats, it helps keep your heart healthy.
- Rich in vitamin E, beneficial for the skin, hair and mucous membranes.
- Rich in folic acid, its intake is recommended for pregnant women.
- Reduces cholesterol and triglyceride levels in the blood.
Per 100 g.
PAPAYA
- Excellent diuretic, 90% of its content is water.
- Rich in vitamin C, it strengthens the defenses.
- Prevents cardiovascular diseases thanks to flavonoids.
- Powerful antioxidant effect.
Per 100 g.
MANGO
- Improves digestion thanks to certain digestive enzymes that help break down proteins.
- Thanks to beta carotenes it helps prevent cancer.
- Its iron content and vitamin C, which helps it to be absorbed, make it ideal for people with anemia.
- Its content in amino acids, vitamins, magnesium… make it an ally in the care of eyes and skin.
Per 100 g.
OKRA
- It favors a correct intestinal transit thanks to the mucilaginous fiber.
- Helps to strengthen bones thanks to its vitamin K content.
- Improves vision and protects the skin, thanks to vitamin A.
- Boosts the immune system, thanks to vitamin C and other antioxidants.
Per 100 g.
YUCCA
- High content of calcium and vitamin K. Helps keep bones, hair and skin in optimal condition.
- Easy to digest, ideal for people with gastritis, heartburn, ulcer or colitis.
- Helps to control diabetes, regulates blood glucose and insulin levels.
- High content of complex hydrates, which makes it ideal for athletes.
Per 100 g.
PLANTAIN
- Rich in potassium, it helps prevent high blood pressure.
- High content of magnesium, contributes to the proper functioning of the heart and muscles.
- Highly satisfying and energetic. Most of your carbohydrates are complex or in the form of fiber.
- Source of resistant starch, good for the digestive system and a natural prebiotic for the microbiota.
Per 100 g.
FRUITS
PROVIDE
VITAMINS,
MINERALS
AND FIBERS
Fruits are essential for good health, include them in your diet to meet nutritional requirements due to their high content of:
• Fiber
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Water
• and antioxidants
and they also do not contain cholesterol and provide few calories.
These foods are essential in the prevention of many and widespread chronic diseases such as obesity, especially among children. In addition to helping to maintain the ideal weight, consuming 5 servings of fruits and vegetables is a boost to prevent diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease.
They should be consumed preferably in all main meals or in the absence of any of these during the mid-morning or snack.
It is advisable to always consume them whole, since when consuming them in the form of juice we lose a good amount of fiber on the one hand, and on the other, the feeling of satiety that we perceive through chewing. Whole fruits, with skin whenever possible (after having washed them properly) or in the form of a smoothie (where we only discard the pit if they have any) should be part of our healthy menus on a daily basis.
What does fruit contribute to health:
Fruits provide vitamins, minerals and fiber. It is important to know why these nutrients are so important:
Vitamins: The fruit stands out for its content of vitamins A and C. The first is used to develop vision and bones. Vitamin C also helps to strengthen the bones and gums, in addition to repairing tissues. Keep in mind that the main source of vitamin C, if not the only one, is fruit.
Minerals: In fruits there are mainly potassium and magnesium. Potassium helps nerves and muscles communicate and nutrients flow through cells. Magnesium is essential in human nutrition, serving for the body’s biochemical reactions.
Iron is another mineral that is found in practically all fruits, although in small amounts. In this case, it must be taken into account that vitamin C is essential for iron to be absorbed correctly, that is why it is important to take these two nutrients.
Fiber: Helps digestion and fights constipation. It also satiates, something very important considering the data on childhood obesity.