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Fruits contain many anti-oxidants like poly-phenolic flavonoids, vitamin-C, anthocyanins. These compounds, firstly, help body protect from oxidant stress, diseases, and cancers, and secondly, help body develop capacity to fight against these ailments by boosting our immunity level. Many fruits, when compared to vegetables and cereals, have very high anti-oxidant values which is something measured by their "Oxygen Radical Absorbent Capacity" or ORAC.
Anthocyanins are flavonoid category of poly-phenolic compounds found in some "blue fruits" like blue-black grapes, mulberries, acai berry, chokeberries, blueberries, blackberries, and in many vegetables featuring blue or deep purple color. Eating fruits rich in blue pigments offers many health benefits. These compounds have potent anti-oxidant properties, remove free radicals from the body, and thus offer protection against cancers, aging, infections etc. These pigments tend to concentrate just underneath the skin.
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The fruit flush diet is an excellent way to lose weight. It is a fact that fruit eaten on an empty stomach is more able to provide the body with the nutrients it needs. Whereas on a full stomach the body doesn't ingest the nutrients in fruit because it already has the food stored.
Why should you eat fruit?
Fruits provide essential nutrients and complex carbohydrates for the body.
How exactly does fruit diet works?
An all-fruit diet is a good way to cleanse your system, but you shouldn't do it for too long as your body needs other nutrients, such a protein, that only fruit can't provide.
What is found in a fruit?
Nutrients
What role do decomposers play in ecosystems?
they provide nutrients for carnivores to make energy
What nutrients does the grain group provide?
Nutrients
Is it good for digestion to mix fruit with fat?
No it is not good to mix fruit with fat because the fat will take over the fruit nutrients.
What is in fruit vegetables that you need?
nutrients
What are the nutrients the fruit apple?
iron
What does a fruit do for human?
It provides nutrients
What main nutrients does fruit have?
proteins...
What main nutrients does fruit juice have?
proteins...
