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Thursday, December 9, 2010

The Fantastic Fruit - Orange

Orange is one of my favorite fruit and my morning meal is not complete without a glass of natural orange juice. Juicy and sweet, this amazing fruit is loved worldwide and is known for its vitamin C content. Aside from that nutrient, oranges has loaded of other health benefits. Read on to know more what else it can do for your health.

Vitamin C are known antioxidant agent that protects our body from harmful free radicals that invades our body. This nutrient are also responsible for skin maintenance, respiratory health, strengthen immune system and many others. Let me enumerate some health benefits of oranges that you might never know.

  • Helps relieve asthma
  • Prevents bronchitis
  • Helps treat tuberculosis
  • Prevents pneumonia
  • Helps aid rheumatism and arthritis
  • Prevents kidney stones
  • Helps lower cholesterol
  • Stabilize blood sugar level
  • Normalize blood pressure
  • Prevents nasal allergies
  • Good for treatment of cough and cold
These benefits are ineffective without the numerous important nutrients found in oranges. Below are its components.

  • Potassium (good for cardiovascular health)
  • Dietary fiber (for good digestion)
  • Betacarotene (antioxidant that fights against cancer)
  • Calcium (bone and teeth health)
  • Magnesium (helps avoid hypertension)
  • Thiamin
  • Vitamin B6 (responsible for the production of hemoglobin)
  • Folate
  • Phosphorus
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin A
Oranges are also known for its healing capabilities which are mainly due to its phytonutrient compounds. This includes citrus flavanones, anthocyanins, hydroxycinnamic acids, herperidin and polyphenols. These phytonutrients becomes more potent antioxidant formula when combined with vitamin C that are both in oranges.

This is the reason why oranges can help cure diseases. This includes lowering blood cholesterol, anti-inflammatory properties and anti-viral infections. This also helps prevent oxidation that are caused by free radicals in the body. This processes are the primary factors of killer diseases such as heart disease and cancers.

Oranges are recommended to be taken in its natural form. Processed orange juices does not have the usual nutrients found in natural orange fruits even though that these products promotes pulpy components from a real orange fruit. Beneficial nutrients are often removed from the processing of oranges into juice and companies tends to maximize their profits by adding more sugar and water with less natural oranges. So better prepare your own orange juice because its really worth it health wise.

In summary, this fruit is an amazing food that can help cure and prevent diseases and maintains good health. Change your morning energy drink into a natural orange fruit juice. It is not only tasty, but it can also make you healthy and strong!

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