Friday, July 30, 2010
Best fruit and vegetable
• 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
Vitamins | Fruit Sources |
---|---|
Vitamin A | Cantaloupes |
Grapefruit | |
Guava | |
Mango | |
Papaya | |
Passion fruit | |
Tomatoes | |
Watermelon | |
Vitamin B1 Thiamine | Avocado |
Boysenberries | |
Breadfruit | |
Cherimoya | |
Dates | |
Grapes | |
Grapefruit | |
Guava | |
Loganberries | |
Mango | |
Orange | |
Pineapple | |
Pomegranate | |
Watermelon | |
Vitamin B2 Riboflavin | Avocado |
Banana | |
Cherimoya | |
Dates | |
Grapes | |
Lychee | |
Mango | |
Mulberries | |
Passion Fruit | |
Pomegranate | |
Prickly Pear | |
Vitamin B3Niacin | Avocado |
Boysenberries | |
Breadfruit | |
Cherimoya | |
Dates | |
Guava | |
Loganberries | |
Lychee | |
Mango | |
Nectarine | |
Passion Fruit | |
Peach | |
Vitamin B5 Pantothenic acid | Avocado |
Black Currants | |
Breadfruit | |
Cherimoya | |
Dates | |
Gooseberries | |
Grapefruit | |
Guava | |
Pomegranate | |
Raspberries | |
Starfruit | |
Watermelon | |
Vitamin B6 Pryidoxin | Avocado |
Banana | |
Breadfruit | |
Cherimoya | |
Dates | |
Gooseberries | |
Grapes | |
Guava | |
Lychee | |
Mango | |
Passion Fruit | |
Pineapple | |
Pomegranate | |
Watermelon | |
Vitamin B9 Folic acid | Avocado |
Blackberries | |
Boysenberries | |
Breadfruit | |
Cherimoya | |
Dates | |
Guava | |
Loganberries | |
Lychee | |
Mango | |
Orange | |
Papaya | |
Passionfruit | |
Pineapple | |
Pomegranate | |
Raspberries | |
Strawberries | |
Vitamin B12 | None |
Vitamin C | Black Currants |
Breadfruit | |
Grapefruit | |
Guava | |
Kiwi | |
Lychee | |
Mango | |
Mulberries | |
Orange | |
Papaya | |
Passionfruit | |
Pineapple | |
Strawberries | |
Vitamin D | None |
Vitamin E | Avocado |
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 |
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Fig Health tips
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.