Healthy Food

Fruit is one of the elements of the recommended food pattern in healthy eating. Unfortunately, for most people, the fruit is still the secondary needed under staple food. Unlike the other food, such as fat or protein, which the feed must be limited; we can consume the fruit as often as possible. According to nutrition specialist, the fruit contains many vitamins, fiber, and antioxidants needed by the body.

The food materials come from nature, such as fruit and vegetables; do not have a perfect nutrition. Each has its own benefits, such as calcium that can be obtained from orange or potassium from mango. In fact, our bodies need different types of nutrition every day.

To prevent the formation of plaque in the blood vessel, we need at least 250 mg antioxidants. This amount can be obtained from the consumption of five types of fruit. While to holding the aging, our bodies need 500 mg of antioxidants derived from 10 kinds of fruits.

On certain conditions, such as for recovery from illness is suggested to consume fruits that have the effect to increase body immunity, such as guava, tomato, kiwi, or strawberry. Meanwhile, to increase blood sugar quickly, consume fruits that contain lots of water, such as papaya, watermelon, and apples.

“To maintain stamina during fasting, consume fruit after sahur and fruit juice which is rich of fiber after broke fast,” said Samuel from Semanggi Clinic. About the price of fruit, which is relatively expensive, in fact we can choose local fruits such as papaya, banana or orange, which the price is cheaper.