Friday, July 30, 2010

Best fruit and vegetable

The best fruits to include in your fruit and vegetable diet are:

• strawberries
• apples (green contain the least sugar)
• blueberries
• grapefruit
• pears
• oranges
• boysenberries
• papaya
• cranberries (including cranberry juice)
• blackberries
• guava
• cantaloupe

The following fruits contain the most sugar and should be eaten less frequently:

• grapes
• bananas
• dried fruit
• coconut (also contains a fair amount of fat)
• dates
• canned and processed fruit.

The best vegetables to incorporate in your fruit and vegetable diet are:

• green beans
• broccoli
• carrots
• mushrooms
• celery
• cabbage
• lettuce
• onions
• tomato
• zucchini
• turnip greens
• turnips
• artichokes
• alfalfa sprouts
• brussels sprouts
• collard greens
• leeks
• eggplant
• kale
• okra
• scallions
• summer squash
• spinach

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Fruits and their Vitamin Contents



VitaminsFruit Sources
Vitamin ACantaloupes
Grapefruit
Guava
Mango
Papaya
Passion fruit
Tomatoes
Watermelon
Vitamin B1 ThiamineAvocado
Boysenberries
Breadfruit
Cherimoya
Dates
Grapes
Grapefruit
Guava
Loganberries
Mango
Orange
Pineapple
Pomegranate
Watermelon
Vitamin B2 RiboflavinAvocado
Banana
Cherimoya
Dates
Grapes
Lychee
Mango
Mulberries
Passion Fruit
Pomegranate
Prickly Pear
Vitamin B3NiacinAvocado
Boysenberries
Breadfruit
Cherimoya
Dates
Guava
Loganberries
Lychee
Mango
Nectarine
Passion Fruit
Peach
Vitamin B5 Pantothenic acidAvocado
Black Currants
Breadfruit
Cherimoya
Dates
Gooseberries
Grapefruit
Guava
Pomegranate
Raspberries
Starfruit
Watermelon
Vitamin B6 PryidoxinAvocado
Banana
Breadfruit
Cherimoya
Dates
Gooseberries
Grapes
Guava
Lychee
Mango
Passion Fruit
Pineapple
Pomegranate
Watermelon
Vitamin B9 Folic acidAvocado
Blackberries
Boysenberries
Breadfruit
Cherimoya
Dates
Guava
Loganberries
Lychee
Mango
Orange
Papaya
Passionfruit
Pineapple
Pomegranate
Raspberries
Strawberries
Vitamin B12None
Vitamin CBlack Currants
Breadfruit
Grapefruit
Guava
Kiwi
Lychee
Mango
Mulberries
Orange
Papaya
Passionfruit
Pineapple
Strawberries
Vitamin DNone
Vitamin EAvocado
Blackberries
Black Currants
Blueberries
Boysenberries
Breadfruit
Cranberries
Guava
Kiwi
Loganberries
Mango
Mulberries
Nectarine
Papaya
Peach
Pomegranate
Raspberries
Vitamin K
Avocado
Blackberries
Blueberries
Boysenberries
Chinese Pear
Cranberries
Grapes
Kiwi
Loganberries
Mango
Mulberries
Pear
Plum
Pomegranate
Raspberries
Tomatoes

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Fig Health tips

Fig are seasonal fruits found in western parts of Asia

Figs are great in natural and simple sugars, minerals and fiber.

Figs contain vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, calcium, iron, phosphorus, manganese, sodium, potassium and chlorine.

Dried figs having 250mg of calcium per 100g

Figs are greatly alkaline; thereby backup the body’s pH.

It is good for fever, earache, boils, abscesses, venereal diseases and is tremendous for the liver.

Good for Alkaline, Blood Pressure, Cancer, Obesity, Diabetes and Nutrients.

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Strawberry Jam Cake Recipe


Lets See how to make Strawberry Jam Cake:

Ingredients

• 2 c. sugar
• 2/3 c. butter
• 3 eggs well beaten
• 3 c. flour
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. cloves
• 1/2 tsp. nutmeg
• 1 tsp. soda----dissolve in buttermilk
• 1 c. buttermilk
• 2/3 c. dates
• 2/3 c. nuts
• 1 c. strawberry jam
• pinch of salt

Directions

1. Cream butter, sugar-----add eggs.
2. Sift spices and flour, add alternately with buttermilk.
3. Fold in by hand dates, nuts and jam.
4. Bake in 325 degree to 350 degree oven for about an hour.
5. No icing required.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Seedless fruits

Seedlessness is a significant feature of every fruits of commerce. Profitable cultivars of bananas and pineapples are case in point of seedless fruits.

Every cultivar of citrus fruits, satsumas, mandarin oranges, table grapes, grapefruit, and watermelons are treasured for their seedlessness.

In every species, seedlessness is the finale result of parthenocarpy, someplace fruits agreed wanting artificial insemination. Parthenocarpic fruit set may or may not have need of pollination but furthermost seedless citrus fruits have need of stimulus from self-pollination to foodstuffs fruit.

Seedless bananas and grapes are located triploids and seedlessness domino effect from the abortion of the advanced plant that is fashioned by artificial insemination, a singularity known as stenospermocarpy which have need of typical pollination and fertilization.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Fruit salad recipes

Ingredients :

Ripe Banana - 3

Orange - 1

Guava - 1

Apple - 1

Mango - 1

Grapes - few

Pomegranate – Half cup

Sugar powder as per the taste

Lemon juice - 3 tsp

Preparation Method:

First wash the fruits, peel and the cut into small pieces.

Pour the fruits into the bowl and add the sugar powder and mix well.

Immediately add lemon juice and mix well.

Keep cold it and serve chilled.