FRUITS AND THEIR USES

FRUIT BENEFITS

Fruits are a great-tasting way to get vitamins, minerals and fiber and to gratify your sweet tooth without loading up on calories. And except for a few, such as avocado, coconut and olives, fruits are virtually fat-free.Fruits contain phytochemicals — a group of compounds that may condense your hazard of chronic diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and some cancers. Many are also good sources of antioxidants — substances that slow down oxidation, a natural process that leads to cell and tissue damage.

Eating a variety of fruits is important ,because different fruits provide different nutrients. So if you rarely undertaking beyond a few of your favorites, you're missing out on the nutrients and benefits of other fruits.

APRICOT

Apricots may also be eaten raw in a soft diet. Ripe apricots are very good especially for young children and for older people. This fruit is quite laxative, and have high rate of alkalinity. Apricots also contain cobalt that is necessary for the treatment of anemic conditions.

BLACKBERRY

Blackberries are rich in iron, but it can cause constipation. This fruit have been used for years to control diarrhea. When cherry or prune juice is mixed with blackberry juice, the constipating effect of blackberry will be taken away. If one can take blackberry juice with no constipating results, it is one of the best builders of the blood.

BLUEBERRY

Blueberries have high silicon, which helps to rejuvenate the pancreas. Also they are said to be good for diabetic conditions.

CRANBERRY

Cranberries contain high acid content, and so it should not be eaten too frequently. They increase the acidity of the urine. Because of their extremely tart taste, people drown them in sugar syrup, which makes them unhealthy for human consumption.

CURRANT

When dried, currants are valuable in combating anemia, since they contain iron, copper, and manganese. They have an alkaline reaction and work as a laxative in the body.

ELDERBERRY

Elderberry juice is wonderful as a cleanser. It is very rich and may have to be diluted with other juices. Elderberry juice is especially good as a tonic for the reproductive and glandular system, and elderberry blossoms, when dried, can be used as a kidney tea.

FIG

Figs have a high sugar content, so they are great producers of energy. They are best eaten raw and fresh; however, dried figs may also give nourishment to the body, especially in the winter. Figs are laxative because of the mucin and pectin they contain.

GOOSEBERRY

Gooseberries are considered to be good for the liver and intestinal tract. They develop an alkaline ash when digested. Gooseberries are watery, and have a high potassium and sodium content.

HUCKLEBERRY

Huckleberries are especially helpful in aiding the pancreas in digesting sugars and starches. This fruit is alkaline in reaction.

MULBERRY

In times past, mulberries were believed to have great curative powers and were used as a general cure-all. Now, they are used mainly in eliminating and weight-loss diets. They are also good for building the blood, and for coating the stomach in any gastric.

NECTARINE

Nectarines are considered a subacid fruit and can be mixed with any fruit. They leave an alkaline ash, and are best eaten raw. They are wonderful dried.

PEAR

Pears have a fairly high content of vitamin C and iron. They are good in all elimination diets and are a wonderful digestive aid. They help normalize bowel activity.

PERSIMMON

When thoroughly ripe, persimmons are a rich source of fruit sugar. Dried persimmons are almost as sweet as candy. They are rich in potassium, magnesium, and phosphorus, and are good to use in a soft diet.

RASPBERRY

Raspberries are considered a good cleanser for mucus, for catarrhal conditions, and for toxins in the body. They are a good source of vitamins A and C.

SQUASH

Winter squash contains more vitamin A than summer squash. Both are low in carbohydrates and can be used in all diets. Squash is a high potassium and sodium food that leaves an alkaline ash in the body.

TANGERINE

Tangerines are high in vitamin C. The thin membrane that covers the segments contains a digestion-aiding factor, and should always be eaten.

LOQUAT

Delicious, loquats are very low in calories; provide just 47 cal per 100 g, but rich in insoluble dietary fiber, pectin. Pectin retains moisture in the colon and thus functions as bulk laxative.

LYCHEE

Lychee fruits are low in calories, contains no saturated fats or cholesterol, but rich in dietary fiber which can be very important for individuals who are concerned about their excess body weight.

MANGOSTEEN

Delicious, juicy mangosteen is one of the popular fruit that contain an impressive list of essential nutrients, which are required for normal growth and development and overall nutritional well-being.

SAPODILLA

Sapodilla is rich in dietary fiber (5.6 g/100g), which makes it a good bulk laxative. The fiber content helps relieve constipation episodes and also helps protect the mucous membrane of the colon from cancer causing toxins by firmly binding to them.

CANTALOUPE

Cantaloupe is a rich source of vitamin A, a cup of cantaloupe provides about 103.2% of the daily value for vitamin A and beta-carotene and important nutrient for a healthy vision.

PRUNES

Prunes contains contains a lot of fibers and sorbitol a stool loosening sugar.

BOYSENBERRIES

Boysenberry anthocyanins appear to have anti-inflammatory and cancer inhibitory properties in preliminary studies.

RAISINS

The health benefits of raisins include relief from constipation, acidosis, anemia, fever, and sexual weakness. Raisins also help in weight gain, eye care, dental care, and bone health.

PLUOT

Pluots are also very rich in vitamin A and also a great source of vitamin C and fiber and is a good source of potassium, and exhibits much more health benefits than its parents.

SUMMER SQUASH

Summer squash contains vitamin C as well as beta-carotene, folate, and fiber. These nutrients make summer squash a tool in preventing cancers, heart disease, and diseases of inflammation such as arthritis and asthma.

ZUCCHINI

Zucchini helps to cure asthma as it contains Vitamin C, which is a powerful antioxidant, and has anti-inflammatory properties.

OLIVE

The beneficial health effects of olive oil are due to both its high content of monounsaturated fatty acids and its high content of antioxidative substances.

CLEMENTINE

Clementines are a good source of vitamin C, potassium, thiamin, and niacin. They also contain fiber and are a good natural energy boost. Clementines have almost no fat, and an average clementine has only about 35 calories.

KUMQUAT

They are cholesterol, fat, and sodium free and provide a good source of fiber and of the vitamins A and C.

MINNEOLA

Fat-free, saturated fat-free, cholesterol-free and sodium-free.

MANDARIN

The health benefits of Mandarin Essential Oil can be attributed to its properties like anti septic, anti spasmodic, circulatory, cytophylactic, depurative, digestive, hepatic, nervous relaxant, sedative, stomachic and tonic.

SATSUMA

Compatible with each other create the greatest synergistic health.

BIGNAY

The leaves of the bignay are used in the treatment of snakebite.

GANDARIA

Gandaria fruits, especially the sweet varieties, are consumed fresh or eaten cooked in syrup.

HOGPLUM

The infusion of the leaves is used as a treatment of eye inflammation, diarrhea and venereal diseases.

NANCE

The fruits are often used to prepare carbonated beverages, or an acid, oily, fermented beverage known by the standard term chicha applied to assorted beer-like drinks made of fruits or maize.

RAMBUTAN

Rambutan fruit contains carbohydrate, protein, fat, phosphorus, iron, calcium and vitamin C. Skin tanin and fruits contain saponin.

SURINAM CHERRY

Children enjoy the ripe fruits out-of-hand. For table use, they are best slit vertically on one side, spread open to release the seed(s), and kept chilled for 2 or 3 hours to dispel most of their resinously aromatic character.

SWEET ORANGE

Sweet Orange is used in alternative herbal treatments to treat ailments and problems. It is used to rejuvenate the skin with the action of the AHA (Alpha Hydroxy Acids) contained in it, in skin care cosmetics and to stimulate the lymph system.

WOLFBERRY

The wolfberry is an excellent source for a kidney liver cleanse. The Chinese have used the berries for centuries for its medicinal properties and the Chinese believe that it prevents liver disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.

BILBERRY

Bilberry fruit has been used for diarrhea, inflammation of the mouth and throat, and used to improve night vision.

DATES

Dates used on cereals make a wonderful sweetener. The date water can be used with milk for children who have sensitive stomachs, as it helps digest the milk.

POMEGRANATE

Use only the juice of the pomegranate. This juice is one of the best for bladder disorders and has a slight purgative effect. For elderly people, it is a wonderful kidney and bladder tonic.

PUMPKIN

Pumpkin can be used in pudding or it can be liquefied. One of the best ways to serve pumpkin is to bake it. Pumpkin seeds and onions mixed together with a little soy milk make a great remedy for parasitic worms in the digestive tract.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are very high in vitamin value. They are wonderful as a blood cleanser, and excellent in elimination diets. However, they should not be used to excess on a regular basis. Tomato juice can be used in convalescent diets, in combination with other raw vegetable juices such as celery, parsley, beet, and carrot juice.

ACAI BERRIES

Acai Berries are fruits from the Acai Palm tree. They are used for culinary as well as health purposes.

WATERMELON

Most of us love watermelon for its taste, but many are ignorant of its health benefits. This article deals with the health benefits of watermelon, which is widely cultivated across the globe.

CASHEW NUTS

Cashew nuts provide protein and fiber to body.

ALMOND

Almonds paste with milk cream and fresh paste of rose bud applied regularly over the face makes the skin soft and fair.

WALNUTS

Walnuts are the only nuts that have omega-3 fatty acids in high amounts.Omega -3 fatty acids are helpful in lowering triglycerides. Triglycerides should not be more than a certain level in the blood from heart's health point of view.

LONGAN

The longan or dragon's eye is the more temperate relative of the glamorous lychee. Many Chinese prefer the longan to the lychee since it has a distinctive musky flavor and is not overly sweet. The tree is better adapted to California than the lychee.

MACADAMIA

Macadamia was used as an ornamental and for reforestation. The side graft is also successful, and tip, wedge or cleft grafting is used under greenhouse conditions for working small seedlings up to 1 ft. high.

PUMMELO

Though there is some labor involved, it is worth the effort to peel good pummelos, skin the segments, and eat the juicy pulp. The skinned segments can be broken apart and used in salads and desserts or made into preserves. The extracted juice is an excellent beverage. The peel can be candied.

PLANTAIN FRUIT

The most generally used fruits are derived from Musa paradisiaca, of which an enormous number of varieties and forms exist in cultivation. The sub-species, sapientum, formerly regarded as a distinct species (M. sapientum), is the source of the fruits generally known in England as Bananas.

ROSE HIPS

Rose hips, make puree, and turn the puree into rose hip fruit leather. The fruit leather directions are for sun-drying, but you can dry it in your oven on the lowest setting, if you wish.

UGLI

The pegs and juice may be used to make many sumptuous sweet and savory recipes. The juice is delicious warmed as a hot toddy with rum, and sweetened with honey or brown sugar, or used to make ice creams and souffles.

PAWPAW

Pawpaw research efforts are directed at improving seed and clonal propagation methods. This potentially rich source of useful genetic traits will be used in breeding efforts.

SAGUARO

The saguaro blossom is the state flower of Arizona. The saguaro is often used as an emblem in commercials and logos that attempt to convey a sense of the southwest, even when the product has no connection to Arizona, or the Sonoran Desert.

CROWBERRY

In subarctic areas, crowberry has been a vital addition to the diet of the Inuit and the Sami. After waning popularity, the crowberry is again regaining its reputation as an edible berry. It gives a steady crop and the gathering is relatively easy. The high concentration of anthocyanin pigment can be used as a natural food dye.

HONEYSUCKLE

Honeysuckle is used in herbal cough medicines.

BUTTERNUT SQUASH

Common fruit in South Africa, it is used in soup and can be cooked on a grill wrapped in foil with spices such as nutmeg and cinnamon.

TAXUS

Yews are widely used in landscaping and ornamental horticulture. Over 400 cultivars of yews have been named, the vast majority of these being derived from Taxus baccata.

DRUPE

Drupes, with their sweet, fleshy outer layer, attract the attention of animals as a food, and the plant population benefits from the resulting dispersal of its seeds.

LOMENT

A loment is a type of modified legume that breaks apart at constrictions occurring between the segments of the seeds. Being a legume, it is dry at maturity and is dehiscent, meaning that it will split open at maturity.

APPLE

Apples can be canned, juiced, and optionally fermented to produce apple juice, cider, vinegar, and pectin. Apples have been established to reduce the risk of colon cancer, prostate cancer and lung cancer. They can also back with heart disease, weight loss and controlling cholesterol.Apples are an important ingredient in many winter desserts, for example apple pie, apple crumble and apple cake. They are repeatedly eaten baked or stewed, and they can also be dried and eaten or re-consitituted for later use. Apples are also ready into apple butter and apple jelly. They are also used cooked in meat dishes.

LEMON

For centuries, this bitter, yellow fruit, lemon is not only used for cooking, but also to treat ailments ranging from epilepsy to the widespread cold. The popular fruit plays a vital role in cuisines around the world. Always bring your lemons to room temperature before you use them. Lemon juice prevents certain fruits like apples, avocados and pears from discoloring once they've been peeled.

PAPAYA & PINEAPPLE

Papaya and Pineapple contain enzymes that soften and heal the skin.The enzymes in these fruits scrap free-radical damage and are known to relieve age spots and fine lines and leave the skin supple. They also purify the skin by dissolving dead cells from the skin’s surface.

ORANGE & KIWI

Oranges and Kiwi fruit are good sources of vitamin C. Bananas are a good source of potassium, and apricots are high in vitamin A.

Some of the fruits and their uses are declared below: Many fruits, including fleshy fruits like Apple and Mango, and nuts like Walnut, are commercially valuable as human food, eaten both fresh and made into jams, marmalade and other preserves for future consumption. Strawberries are often used to flavor other foods, such as ice cream.Apart from its interest as a dessert fruit, the strawberry draws interest due to the peculiarities of its structure, its tendency towards variation, and the gardener's success in exploiting this tendency.                                          Menopause is the hardest part of times for women in her life. But it’s a nature’s principle that one has no control over. So instead of feeling worried, it is clever to understand menopause to take precautions. Can fruits and veggies help Menopause? Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grain cereal products that are rich in vitamin C and carotene. It mainly includes oranges, grapefruit, carrots, winter squash, tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, and green leafy vegetables. Consumption of fruits and veggies during menopause gives rise to the formation of certain kind of bacteria in the intestine. It likely causes the indigestion of food and the bowel movement is also in a weak position. It gives rise to growth of fat all over the abdomen making it look like a bulky part of your body. This condition is termed as menopause bloating. It is advised to follow a pre-planned diet pattern that goes hand in hand in supporting you to face them with the suitable strength. Fruits and veggies have to be strictly incorporated in your diet. Consumption of fresh fruits could also benefit in improving your bowel movement. It also helps to get rid of symptoms like menopause spotting, vaginal dryness etc, where menopause bleeding may sometimes be a sign of cancer. Choose 100% whole cereals and consume at least five servings of fruits and vegetables every single day. It contains full of vitamins, minerals and bioflavonoid that keep you young and healthy. Durian fruit –king of fruits. An expert says, Durian peel is efficient oil absorbent that can aid in the recovery of spilled oil at coastal areas. The durian peel is considered as an agricultural waste but it helps to remove oil from water. This was found by Dr S. Kathiresan of AIMST University. The lecturer in the university’s Biotechnology Department said laboratory results indicated that chemically-modified durian peel powder was also an efficient absorbent for recovery of spilled oil in water. He also stated that, the bio-absorbent can be used for cleaning oil spills along coastal areas that cause adverse effects not only to all living sea organisms, but also human economic activities. Agro-waste has a huge commercial potential due to its efficiency in oil absorption, cost effectiveness and biodegradability. A simple experiment was made with durian peel. Dr Kathiresan said, the durian peel is collected and washed several times with tap water to remove dirt and ground into powder and modified with a variety of chemicals. The modified durian powder was also able to retain its original efficiency to absorb spilled oil. Strawberries Nutritional facts: Strawberries are the only fruit which has seeds on the outside. The fruits have low fat, low calorie and high in vitamin C, fiber, folic acid, potassium. It helps to reduce the risk of cancer and heart attacks where seven to nine-year-old picked strawberries as their favorite fruit. Strawberries are rich in nitrate which may increase the flow of blood and oxygen to the muscles by 7%. It helps to prevent muscle fatigue. Make Your Kids to Eat Healthy fruit: kids eating Strawberries Cut strawberries into high fiber cereal and calcium-rich low fat yogurt. Mix frozen strawberries with orange juice to make a tasty smoothie. Toss strawberries in a salad. Health benefits: The anti oxidants like vitamin-C, Flavonoids, Phenolic Phytochemicals and Elagic Acid, present in strawberries can help avoid drying up of eyes, degeneration of optical nerves to a great extent. Strawberries contain potassium, which may also help to maintain pressure. Strawberries contain vitamin-C and the phytochemicals that helps to neutralize the effect of oxidants and also rejuvenate the system. Strawberries are rich in iodine that helps for proper functioning of brain and nervous system.