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Mandarin Oranges

Mandarin oranges (Citrus reticulate) are plants from the Rutaceae family and genus Citrus, that is also called by the name of mandarine orange, tangerines, clementine, Christmas orange, and dancy mandarin. People usually eat fresh ripe mandarin orange; the taste is sweet, a little bit sour, and fresh. And some people eat mandarin orange as fruit salad, can of mandarin orange, orange juice, and others.

Mandarin orange tree has a height varying between 2 m to 8 m, with flowers that have a size of about 1.5 cm to 2.5 cm with a crown of white color. Mandarin oranges covered with a thick skin orange with a size of about 0.2 cm to 0.3 cm. The skin of ripe mandarin orange fruit is easily opened by hand without the need for a tool.

Mandarin oranges are growing in tropical and subtropical regions, and mandarin oranges are round fruits like apples with the orange color. Mandarin orange trees are tolerant of drought and easily damaged by cold.

Mandarin oranges have many types, and partly a cross between a mandarin orange with other citrus such as Satsuma oranges that are seedless citrus fruits, Kinnow mandarin oranges are from Pakistan, and tangor or temple orange which is a hybrid citrus mandarin oranges with other sweet oranges.

In the Chinese or Lunar New Year, mandarin orange fruit is popular fruit for use during New Year celebrations as a gift to others, and displayed as an ornament. In traditional mandarin orange is considered a symbol of good fortune and abundance.

Mandarin Oranges Nutrition
Mandarin oranges contain a variety of nutrients that are beneficial to human health, and nutrition in mandarin oranges include Vitamin A, B complex, C, E, K, Carbohydrate, protein, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, Zinc, Copper, Manganese, and Selenium.

Benefits of Mandarin Oranges
Mandarin oranges in addition to consumption also has the benefit of human health because there are many nutrients that are contained in mandarin oranges, and some benefits of mandarin oranges are as follows.

The content of vitamin C in orange mandarin is useful as a source of natural antioxidants in the body that can help ward off free radicals in the body thereby increasing your immune from various diseases. The content of vitamin C is useful also to help the skin to become softer and smoother.

Mandarin orange juice can be used as an astringent that helps to dry up pimples and when consumed regularly can prevent acne and black spots on the skin. Orange juice is believed to also be useful to shrink the skin pores on the face by applying water directly from the mandarin orange juice on the skin of the face and then allowed to stand for 2 to 3 minutes before the face is washed thoroughly with water, and do this repeatedly on a regular basis until the pores become smaller and smooth facial skin.

Nutrient content in mandarin oranges are also believed to be useful to minimize exposed to different kinds of serious disease it has been demonstrated from the results of research conducted by scientists from the National Institute of Fruit Tree Science in which they have examined the townspeople Mikkabi 1073 in Shizuoka, Japan, where they have long eating mandarin oranges, and chemical content in blood samples in their bodies showed that they have a smaller risk for serious diseases such as liver cancer, insulin resistance and hardening of the arteries

Dry skin of mandarin oranges in traditional Chinese medicine is also useful as a medicine to reduce phlegm, treat abdominal distention, enhance digestion, and regulation of chi, mandarin orange skin has dried and powdered can reliably be used as well as natural beauty care products like skin soft and pliable.

With a wide range of health benefits of mandarin orange and it tastes good and fresh, it makes mandarin oranges as one of the healthy foods to be consumed on a regular basis is a thing that ought to be considered.

By Yanti

Raspberry is plant included in the genus rubus,  and sub genus idaeobatus. Raspberry is plant that live in many countries and have many types such as Korean raspberry, Tasmanian alpine raspberry, European red raspberry, Whitebark or Western raspberry, black raspberry, blue raspberry, raspberry native to Australia, Wine raspberry, West Indian raspberry, American red raspberry, and Yellow Himalayan raspberry, raspberry and red raspberry is the type most often consumed. Raspberry has a wide range of nutrients that provide health benefits of raspberries for the health of the human body.

Raspberry is actually a mid-summer crop but with new technology, transportation systems and cultivars are good then this fruit can be obtained throughout the year. Raspberry is an easy plant to grow and this plant grows in areas of humid climates and requires adequate water, and sunlight to develop properly.

In one year, raspberry plant can produce several hundred fruit raspberries, and the weight of an average raspberry about 4 grams and raspberry fruit each consisting of around 100 drupelets, and each of drupelets consists of a single central seeds and juicy pulp.

Raspberry Nutrition
Raspberry fruits are one of the health foods that contain different nutrients that provide health benefits to the human body if consumed regularly, and nutrition contained in these raspberries include Carbohydrates, sugars, fiber diet, Protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin E , Vitamin K, Calcium, Iron, Sodium, and beta-carotene

Health Benefits of Raspberries
Raspberry fruit is a fruit that many people consume with a variety of ways: directly consumed as fresh fruit, in the form of juice, or eaten after processed first as mixed with other feed ingredients such as ice cream, yoghurt, sorbert, rapberry cake, raspberry jam, and so on .

There are many health benefits of raspberries for the health of human body which due to nutrients contained in raspberries, and among other health benefits of raspberries are as follows

• Vitamin A and beta carotene in Raspberry beneficial for maintaining eye health

• As an antioxidant for the body as vitamin C, and other compounds such as anthocyanins help the body to ward off free radicals that exist in the body so it can boost immunity against various types of diseases such as cancer, heart disease, premature aging, and so on

• Bladder is higher than in raspberries phytoestrogen useful to help cope with irregular menstrual cycles, and if women experienced menopause.

• Eating raspberries regularly believed to provide raspberries health benefits  for repairing damage cells, keep the skin moist so the skin feels supple and soft.

• The fiber contained in raspberries provide benefits for digestive problems so that the process of metabolism can run well.

• Other health benefits of raspberries if eaten regularly is not easy to make the body tired and prevent pain in joints.

• In addition to fruit, other parts of rapberry also provide health benefits for the health of the human body  such raspberry leaf where the leaf is an ancient herbal concoction that is believed to give health benefits of raspberries for mothers who are pregnant because it is useful to strengthen the womb.

• Tea made from raspberry leaves, fresh or dried leaves also give the health benefits of raspberries to overcome the problem of irregular menstruation, and overcoming cramps that disturb.

While there are health benefits of raspberries for body health, but for people who have problems with gall bladder or kidneys are advised not to eat raspberries because of the oxalate content in raspberries can give health problems due to oxalate crystallizes when it is too concentrated in body fluids.

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Blackberries Nutrition

Blackberries (Rubus fruticosus) is a plant from rosaceae family and the genus rubus, and came from Europe and has now spread in many countries mainly in North America that are grown commercially. The taste of ripe blackberries fruit is sweet when is eaten, and in addition to eat delicious blackberries, there are various kinds of blackberries nutrition that are beneficial to human health in this fruit.

Plant blackberries also called thorn bush, where there are bushes of blackberries that grow upright, semi-erect and trailing, and generally upright bushes have thorns and spreads by way of sucking roots in the hedge. While trailing shrubs need a trellis to help the growth of this plant blackberries and spreads using fresh shoots or also called by the name promocanes or stick.

Blackberries fruit when raw tend to be colored red, and at the time the fruit is ripe, the color of blackberries is black. Blackberries fruit is a collection of fruit which consists of approximately 80 to 100 small drupelets in the form of a circular model in which the drupelets contained in the watery pulp and small seeds singular. The length of the fruit blackberries approximately 3 to 4 cm.

Backberries nutrition
As with other healthy foods, then blackberries also contain various nutrients that are good for human health, and some blackberries nutrition that are Carbohydrates, Protein, Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, B complex, C, E, K, Sodium, Potassium, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Selenium, Zinc, and ß-Carotene.

Blacberries Health Benefits
Black berry fruit is ripe can be eaten directly, blackberries fruit can be consumed in other forms such as blackberries in the form of juice, jam blacberries, or mixed with other foods such as mixes with ice cream, youghut, salads, cakes blackberries, blackberries pudding, and so on.

Due to a lot of nutrition in blackberries so there are many health benefits of blackberries fruit for human body, among others, are as follows.

- The combination of low calorie and high fiber in the fruit  to make fruit blackberries helps the digestive process running smoothly so that the fruit of blackberries is very suitable for those who do the diet for lowering cholesterol and get ideal weight.

- Content of Vitamin B such as pantothenic acid, folic acid, niacin, riboflavin, pyridoxine, and niacin are blackberries nutrition as useful for body as a co factor in the process of carbohydrate metabolism, fat, and protein. Folic Acid or B9 in blackberries also have an important role in the process of healthy cell division and growth of blackberries so the fruit is good fruit to be consumed by women who are pregnant in order to minimize the possibility of birth defects.

- High Vitamin C content in blackberries is blackberry nutrition that provide various benefits for human health such as improving cardiovascular health, reducing the risk of anemia, lowered blood pressure, and boost immunity from various diseases.

- The content of anthocyanins in blackberries helps to prevent the growth of tumor cells, and the flavonoid is useful to fight lung cancer and skin cancer.

- The content of lutein in blackberries is useful to protect the eyes from eye damage caused by ultraviolet radiation.

- The compound of tannins in blackberry useful to heal wounds. And berry fruit that is applied to the skin of the injured body able to tighten the network so beneficial to constrict blood vessels and reduce bleeding.

-Manganse as other blackberry nutrition is useful to help form the connective tissue and build strong bone structure, while the copper is useful in the process of bone metabolism and helps the production of red blood cells and white

- Other parts of the blackberries such blackberries root  has also been utilized in the life of the human life where the blackberries nutrition in root is also sometimes used as an herbal medicine for people who have diarrhea or pain dysentri.

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Health Benfits of Grapes

Grape (Vitis vinifera) or commonly called grape vine included in vitaceae family and genus Vitis. The grapes are thought to originate from the Mediterranean area in central Europe and Southwestern Asia, and now grapes are cultivated in many countries in all continents except the Antarctic continent. And due to many nutrients in the grapes then there are also a lot of health benefits of grapes for the health of the human body.

Grapes are vines that grow above ground no more than 300 meters. And grapes are the manufacture of wine which is based on FAO data or the Food and Agriculture Organization, 71% of total world production grapes used as materials for wine, the remaining 27% is consumed as fresh fruit, while 2% are dried fruit, and Italy, China and United States is the third largest wine-producing country in the world today

The grapes are generally rounded or round-oval shaped with thin outer skin. There are several kinds of wine color depending on the different types of grapes such as black grape, green, red, purple, orange, pink, and yellow color that is coated with thin flour.

Meat grapes have a sweet-sour taste with the dominant acid content is citric acid and maleic acid with high water content. Sweetness is in the grape fruit because the substances contained fructose and glucose in the grapes

Grape nutrition facts

Grape is one fruit that has been consumed for thousands of years ago, the grape is known as the fruit that has many nutrients contained in it both in the flesh of grapes, outer skin of the fruit, and grape seeds contain various nutrients that are very good for the health of human body , and some of the nutrients contained in fruit grapes are as follows Carbohydrates, Sugars, Dietary Fiber, Protein, Vitamin B complex, C, K, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Phosphorus, Potassium, Sodium, and Zinc.

Health Benefits of Grapes

There are many benefits of grapes that have been used for human needs, among others, to be eaten directly, made wine, dried fruit, juice, vinegar, jam, jelly, grape seed extracts, grape seed oil, and molasses. And from a health standpoint was the grape also has many health benefits and some health benefits of grapes are as follows:

- As an antioxidant

The content of vitamin C, karetonoid, and lycopene in the grape fruit and also high content of flavonoids in grape skin is a natural source of antioxidants for the body so it can netralisir free radicals in the body that helps boost the immune system against many diseases such cancer, stroke, and heart disease.

- Inhibits premature aging

Potassium content in the grapes provide health benefits of grapes to inhibit premature aging that occurs in the body and is also useful to control blood pressure

- Flexibility of blood vessels

From the results of research showed that grape seed contains pycnogenol as collagen boosters for the flexibility of blood vessels (anti aging).

- Curing diseases caused by viral infection

Grape juice is believed useful to cure diseases caused by viral infections such as influenza.

- Over come fatigue and hipogikemi

The content of high fructose and glucose in the grapes provide health benefits of grapes to overcome fatigue and hypoglycemia in the body.

- Minimize coronary heart disease

 The results also showed that the rates of coronary heart disease in France 50 percent lower than other countries in the world. This is because the French people like to eat delicious food, followed by drinking wine.

- Maintain the stability of sugar in the blood

The content of manganese gives health benefits of grapes to help maintain stable blood sugar. Manganese is also necessary for the metabolism of body fat and connective tissue and bone formation.

- Preventing the absorption of cholesterol in the blood

The content of saponins on the grape gives health benefits of grape to prevent absorption cholesterol in the blood so that the grape is very good especially for people who have high cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia).

- Streamlining the brain works

Vitamin B6 content of the grape helps smooth the workings of the brain to function normally.

With any number of health benefits of grapes such as the above information, it makes grape fruit as one of healthy foods that recommend eating regularly in the form of fresh grapes, juice, extract or in other forms, so it will help you to have healthy and strong body as you want.

 By Yanti

Frozen Fruit Smoothie

 Awareness of the need to consume healthy food is now higher than before, and fruit as one of the delicious healthy foods to eat and contain some nutrients in it are also increasingly popular, and one way to consume fruits by eating frozen fruit smoothie.

If you are bored to eat fruit directly, then the frozen fruit smoothie can be a choice, you can buy frozen smoothies are sold in the market, and you can also make your own frozen fruit smoothies, this is better for you because you can be sure the content nutrients that you want by selecting the types of fruit you want, and you can also mix the fruits and vegetables in frozen smoothies, so you get more complete of nutrition in your smoothie, but in choosing vegetables you should do carefully, because if you choose the wrong vegetable, it can make worst your smoothie for example you add onions, or peppers into your smoothie so the smoothie flavor will be chaotic, and destructive sense of your overall frozen smoothies.

If you want to make a frozen fruit smoothie then you first select the fruits that you want to make, there are many choices of fruit that you can make for your frozen smoothies e.g. banana, soursop, strawberry, pear, grape, kiwi, apple, guava, mango, pineapple, papaya, lychee, rambutan fruit, and others fruit. So they are several options of fruits you can choose include your favorite fruit. Then the fruits are blended after cleaning and removing fruit seeds and skin, and then input into the freezer until frozen.

In addition you also need yoghurt to make frozen fruit smoothie. Because yoghurt will give texture and taste better for frozen fruits smoothie. It is good to choose yoghurt nonfat or low fat as the best option so you can enjoy your smoothie with frozen fruit without worrying about increasing of weight.

You need water, fruit juice or low-fat milk as other materials needed to make this frozen fruit smoothie. The ratio of material use in making frozen fruit smoothie is 2:1:1 which is 2 for frozen fruit, 1 to yoghurt, and 1 for liquids for example if you enter 2 cups frozen banana means you must enter yoghurt 1 cup and 1 cup of liquid and then you mix and stir until blended, and then you input the mixture into the freezer until frozen.

To be more tasty and interesting, when you will eat frozen fruit smoothie that you have created, you can put any other healthy food such as nuts, dark chocolate, raisins, and so forth at the top of the frozen fruit smoothies. So you can eat healthy fruit with different style.