Advantages of Eating Fruits

By Vann Lyda

Fruit has been known as an important national resource for human being and animals. Eating fruits is good for both health and beauty. There are so many kinds of fruits available at markets, and stores. Some are sold by packing into a dried form, and in a form of juice. Some are sold in fresh. But no matter what forms of fruits are made, they is still delicious and give benefits to our body. Now, let me tell you the advantages of eating four fruits, apple, kiwifruit, blueberry, and strawberry.

Firstly is apple. There have not known clearly about its originate but the closest places can be in Centre Asia, Caucaus, and the mount Himalayas. Apples now can be grown in any temperature, warm, cool, and in subtropical region. It got varieties of shapes and tastes. It can be sour, sweet, and more or less juicy. But less juicy, it gives more acid. Apple contains Vitamin C and B, mineral-magnesium, chromium, and manganese. Moreover, it contains no fat and cholesterol. People, eating it everyday can get a full nutritional from it.

One more thing is that apples can help to prevent many diseases like heart attack, gum disease, and especially lung cancer. The National Cancer Institute reported that apple contains falconoid that those compounds are also found in food that can lower or give a few risk of lung cancer about 50%.

Secondly is kiwifruit. It is native to East Asia. This fruit contains some vitamins like vitamin C, E and K. Interestingly, it also contains a most effective laxative. And it has a potential to reduce the risk of cancer including the cardiovascular (heart disease). Kiwifruit is good for elderly people. However, the report said that there is no allergy incident resulted from eating kiwifruit.

Thirdly is Blueberry. It comes from Africa and the mountain of the eastern part of Tranvall province of South Africa. Research from the USDA; stand for Human Nutrition Centre said blueberry ranks in number one in anti-oxidant activity compare to other fruits and vegetables. Anti-oxidant means a substance which slow down the rate at which something decays because of oxidization. Moreover, Blueberries helps to lower cholesterol and many other diseases like diabetes, heart disease, cancer, urinary tract infection, stroke…

Finally is Strawberry. Strawberry is commonly a favorite fruit for children. It is red when rep. It is green when it is raw. The raw one tastes sour. But if you want strawberry to taste good, you have to choose the deep red color because red skin one will gives you the highest nutrient density. Talking about vitamins that Strawberry contains, there are vitamin C, K, B5, and vitamin B6. Studied show that the consumption of Strawberry can reduces the prostate Cancer. In addition to this, it ranks in number sixth of most anti-oxidant rich fruit. Another test in laboratory added that Strawberry may reduce the LDL​​​​​​​​​(low density of lipoprotein), which is a contributor of heart disease, stroke, and atherosclerosis.

Eating fruits are not useless. They are all good for your health. Different fruit provides u different benefits. The three fruits that I describe (apple, kiwifruit, and strawberry) above can be found in many markets in Phnom Penh such as Lucky market, Pencil market, and local markets. But in the super mall or modern market like Lucky market, those fruits are very expensive than outside. So it’s better to buy at local markets because people can bargain and chose the good one.

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