Mango is an excellent nutritional source, containing many vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Magneferin and lactase in mangoes aid in digestion and intestinal health. Mangoes are rich in vitamin A and have good amounts of vitamins B and C as well as Potassium, Calcium and Iron. Mangoes are high in water content. Mangoes also supply ample potassium, making them ideal for hypertensive patients or anyone looking to replenish energy after physical activity. Mangoes are a rich source of fibre and prevents colon cancer. The high iron content in mangoes aid in treatment of anaemia and are beneficial to women during pregnancy. People who suffer from muscle cramps, stress, and heart problems can benefit from the high potassium and magnesium content. Mangoes are said to be good for the skin too. Ripe mangoes are rich in Beta-carotene which helps prevent heart diseases. Raw mangoes are rich in ‘Vitamin C’. Mangoes also aid in maintaining low cholesterol levels.

Health Benefits of Mango :

• Mangoes contain phenols, this phenolic compound have powerful antioxidant and anticancer abilities.
• Mango is high in iron, pregnant women and people with anemia are advised to eat this fruit regularly.
• Mango is effective in relieving clogged pores of the skin.
• It is also valuable to combat acidity and poor digestion.
• Mango is high in antioxidant and low in carbohydrates.
• Mango is a rich source of vitamin A(beta-carotene), E and Selenium which help to protect against heart disease and other ailments.

Health benefits of lemon are due to many nourishing elements like vitamin C, vitamin B, phosphorous, proteins, and carbohydrates present in it. Lemon is a fruit that contains flavonoid, a composite that holds antioxidant and anti-cancer properties. It helps to prevent diabetes, constipation, high blood pressure, skin care, fever, hair care, dental care, indigestion and many other health problems. Studies conducted at the American Urological Association highlight the fact that lemonade or lemon juice can cure kidney stones by forming urinary citrate, which can prevent formation of crystals.

People use lemon to make lemonade by mixing lemon juice with water. Many people use lemon as a washing agent, as it can remove stains. Lemon can also repel mosquitoes. Drinking of lemon juice with olive oil helps to get rid of gall stones. Lemon is well known for its medicinal control and is used in many different ways. As per the results reported in a study of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, lemon provides human guard against inflammatory polyarthritis and arthritis.

These crisp, cool and tangy fruits can be eaten raw or can be used to make jellies, jams and stews. These can also be used in puddings, cakes, pies and in stuffing. Plums are nutritionally rich and have several health benefits.

Health Benefits Of Plums

• Packed with dietary fiber, plums are good for the digestive system.
• Plums are rich in minerals like phosphorus, copper, manganese, magnesium and potassium. The green plum as well as plums of different colors also contains zinc, iron and calcium in small quantities.
• Plums are engorged with vitamins. It has vitamin A, vitamin K and vitamin C.
• The vitamin c in plums is good for the body tissue and for the immune system. It can prevent flu and colds and can even prevent the cholesterol from getting oxidized.
• Since the vitamin C in plums can neutralize the free radicals, it prevents diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, colon cancer and asthma.
• Plums as well as other fruits can prevent macular degeneration.

1. Avocado has been used traditionally to help people with sexual problems.

2. Great antioxidant and can be used for skin disorders

3. Avocado will aid healing for people suffering from digestive and circulatory problems

4. Another benefit of avocado for the skin where avocado paste can be applied to rashes and rough skin to make it smoother.

5. The brighter the fruit, the more beta-carotene (the substance that helps to prevent cancer) your avocado contains.

Nutrients
Coconut milk contains many vitamins, minerals and electrolytes, including potassium, calcium and chloride.
Saturated Fat
The saturated fat in coconut is made up of short-chain and medium-chain fatty acids the body quickly turns into energy instead of storing as fat. Therefore, even though it’s high in saturated fat, coconut can aid in weight loss.
Lauric Acid
Half the medium-chain fatty acids in coconut milk are composed of lauric acid, which is anti-viral, anti-bacterial, anti-microbial and anti-fungal. Coconut milk can help boost the immune system.
Dairy-Free
Coconut milk is a dairy-free alternative for those who are lactose intolerant or allergic to animal milk. This vegan drink is also soy-free, gluten-free and nut-free.

Plant
Banana-plants can grow up to 15 m. but most plants vary from 3 to 9 m.
It has very big leafs that can grow to 4 x 1 m.

Short history
Wild forms of the banana plant come originally from the Indo-Malaysian area and are now cultivated all over the tropical and sub-tropical continents.

Use
Bananas are delicious eaten with one’s fingers after peeling off the skin. Depending on the type of banana unripe bananas are also cooked, fried or deep-fried a lot. Bananas are the basic food in many tropical countries.

Types
At this moment there are five different types of bananas common on the market:

• Red bananas: have a green/red peel and pink fruit flesh. They taste the same like yellow bananas. The redder a fruit, the more carotene it contains, so maybe they are healthier than their yellow colleagues;
• Fruit-bananas: are the normal, yellow bananas, 15-30 cm.
• Apple-bananas: are smaller, 8-10 cm., and ripen faster. They are also yellow;
• The baby-banana (pisang susa): is yellow as well and measures 6-8 cm. It is the sweetest of the banana family;
• Baking bananas: are 30 to 40 cm. large and are green, yellow or red-like. They cannot be eaten raw. They fulfill the role of the potato in the tropical countries.

Peculiar characteristics

• Is the most well known and eaten (tropical) fruit;
• In Eastern Africa you can buy banana beer. This beer is brewed from bananas;
• Tropical fruit is usually picked unripe and has to ripen in the land of arrival. To make this process go faster bananas are treated with ethylene-gas. Normal bananas also ripen through ethylene -gas but exposing it to additional gas accelerates the process;
• Is the (only) fruit that for some people can work fatting because they contain a lot of starch (more starch than sugar). Those people shouldn’t eat too many bananas a day;
• Eat at least one banana a day, they are said to contain everything a human needs and they contain all the 8 amino-acids our body cannot produce itself. For more see the energy in fruit.
• Bananas are a good source of fiber, potassium and vitamin C;
• Red bananas are often dried and converted to meal which is used in many ways;
• Red bananas contain more vitamin C as yellow bananas (the redder a fruit, the more nutritious elements it contains);

The Journal of Clinical Nutrition has reported that the antioxidants in chocolate protect the heart and circulatory system. The magazine Circulation and the Journal of the American College of Nutrition report that eating a few squares of dark chocolate daily increases the blood vessels ability to dilate.

This vasodilation has the benefit of lowering blood pressure. It is also key to why cacao can assist with migraines.

It is thought that dark chocolate also improves the cellular functioning of those cells lining blood vessels. It causes the blood vessels to be more flexible and lowers the risk of hardening of the arteries.

The antioxidants in cacao are also shown to lower LDL (bad cholesterol)

Research done at the University of California at Davis has shown that the antioxidant levels in the blood of subjects that consumed semisweet chocolate rose for six hours afterward.
Antioxidants and Dairy

The antioxidants in cacao are obviously beneficial. Unfortunately when cacao is combined with dairy products the antioxidant benefits are cancelled out. Studies show that dairy products actually block the absorption of antioxidants in chocolate.

In order to get the maximum benefits of enjoying a cup of cocoa, it should be prepared with soy milk or even better with almond milk.

It is in your best interest to develop a taste for dark chocolate and if possible for the unrefined cacao nibs. The unrefined nibs are the part of the cocoa bean that is processed to create chocolate. They taste like delicious dark chocolate and will not cause any allergic reactions that many people have to the refined chocolate.

It is not often that science discovers that what we love to eat is also good for us. In the case of chocolate, it has been shown that is the number one antioxidant food on the planet. This is good news to chocoholics everywhere.

Prunes are dried plums, rich in minerals and phenols, plus they have an extremely high ORAC value. The drying process actually increases antioxidant powers by more than six times! USDA researchers believe that people of all ages can prevent and treat diseases of aging by simply adding prunes to their diets. Prunes are especially appropriate for:

• Boosting bone density
• Bowel cleansing, regularity
• Cardiovascular disease
• Liver cleansing
• Preventing memory loss and Alzheimer’s
• Fighting infections
• Diabetes
• Diverticular disease
• Reducing cholesterol,
• Reducing risk of estrogen-dependent cancers

Prunes along with other fruit help supply our bodies with needed daily nutrition. However, all fruit’s are not created equal. With soil becoming more depleted of it’s natural minerals, we should choose the fruit we eat with the region in which it is grown  in mind. Taking into consideration pesticides and pollution. If available, wild or organic fruit’s are always a better choice, wild being the better choice of the two. The Perfect Berry ( acai ), along with prune and other fruity friends, is a product in a class of it’s own.