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Why eat fruit?
The following ideas might stimulate your fruit consumption!
Fruit consists of large amounts of water
Most fruits are 80 per cent water, just like our body. If you think about it, it’s logical for the human body to consume food that contains as much water as the body itself. There is no other food than fruit on this planet that contains on average 80 per cent water. Vegetables also contain a lot of water and are therefore second best.
100 per cent fat-free
T here iso doubt about the fact that too much of cholesterol is not good for our bodies and fruit doesn’t contain cholesterol. Animal products like meat and dairy contain a lot of cholesterol.
Stimulates the memory
I you didn’t know yet, fruit is the ultimate brain fuel. Fruit has a positive effect on our brains. The way this works still has to be found out and many scientists are looking into it as we speak. What we do know is that if you consume sufficient amount of fruit, your brain can recall information faster and more easily. This is extremely useful information for people who are preparing for an exam.
Is fruit an expensive nutrition?
Did you always think that fruit is an expensive product? Take a good look at how much money you spend on other food. It could be worth something to replace some of those expenses with fruit. We think that fruit is the healthiest food on earth and therefore it is well worth spending our money on.
The miraculous healing effects
Spectacular stories about people who were cured from incurable diseases by a strict diet of raw fruits and/or vegetables are well known, but do we want to believe them? We still don’t know that much about fruit and its contents.
Fibre
We do know now that a diet with plenty of fibre helps against corpulence, high blood pressure, and other factors that increase the chance of heart disease. The consumed amount of fibres may even be a more important factor than the amount of fat that is consumed by people!
The American Heart Association advises people to consume 25 to 30 grams of fibre taken from fresh fruits and/or vegetables. In practice this means we must have five to nine portions of fresh fruits or vegetables a day.
It makes you feel better
Several stories tell us about people that were frequently depressed and how they got out of their depression slowly but surely after consuming substantial amounts of fresh fruit on a regular basis. Eating much fruit can have a mysterious healing effect on human beings. Even better is to drink a lot of freshly squeezed fruit juices on a regular basis. It will take approximately 30 days until you start to notice the effects.
Drink these smoothies 20 minutes before the consumption of meals. This way the fruit will not ferment in the stomach and the nutritious elements can be absorbed by the blood effectively.
Ethical reasons
Fruit doesn’t have to be killed and slaughtered before you eat it. The fruits are just hanging there waiting to be picked by you!
This ethical argument (often used by vegetarians and vegans to not eat meat) claims that fruit is a non-animal food. The Native Americans first asked the animal’s spirit if they could kill it before they did so. Fruit has never had a soul and thus can be eaten without causing any harm. Ethical or religious arguments aside, we think it’s a shame that we as human beings don’t eat much fruit when there is such an abundant assortment of fruits and vegetables available.
Natural food
When you see a piece of fruit hanging from a tree that tree is telling you something: “Eat my fruits and help me spread my seeds.” That’s how nature works. Humans eat vegetables and fruits and consequently help the plants to spread. Humans use animals to work the land to grow the plants and trees that produce these fruits and vegetables. In more and more people’s opinion this is the way it was all meant to be.
A human diet
A healthy diet should consist of a great deal of freshly squeezed fruit juices, raw fruits and vegetables. Some tips:
— A good start is to eat and drink more fresh fruits;
— It’s as simple as that. Before you know it you will feel much better.
— Don’t forget to eat fruit on an empty stomach, not after meals.
— Inform yourself about the substances that our ‘modern’ food contains.
Contributed by Shaista Kazmi
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