benefits of eating fruit

Some of the main content of the fruit is water, vitamins, minerals, fiber, antioxidants and carbohydrates. The following will be discussed what is contained in the fruit that bring benefits to our bodies:

    
      Water
      So if we consume less water 2 liters in 1 day, this water needs can still be met by consuming fruit.
    
      Vitamins and minerals
      Most fruits contain beneficial vitamins such as vitamin C and E. While the minerals present in fruits such as calcium, zinc and manganese. Vitamins and minerals are substances that help cells in the body's metabolism working. Minerla cause vitamin deficiency and metabolism are not going well so it can disrupt the body's health or fitness.
    
      Fiber
      The body needs the fiber because the fiber is useful in the process of digestion. With the fiber, the process of absorption of sugar and bad fats in the digestive tract can be inhibited.
    
      Antioxidants
      Is a substance that counteract the free radicals that enter the body. Free radicals are substances found in pollution, excessive activity, cigarette smoke and vehicle. When free radicals met with cholesterol in the body to eat will form cysts in the body so that it can damage the endothelial cells in blood vessels. As a result, cholesterol will be easily attached to the blood vessels.
    
      Carbohydrate
      Carbohydrates are used as a source of energy for the body to perform the activity. Although not many, but the fruit has a complex carbohydrate consisting of glucose and fructose, where the incoming fructose does not require the hormone insulin to process it so as not to burden the work of the pancreas, which when damaged can lead to diabetes. It is very different when we consume sugar.
In order to obtain maximum results, it is advisable to consume 10 servings of fruits with 10 different color every day. Types of fruits with different colors for example: banana, pineapple, mango, apple, orange, sapodilla, duku. One serving of whole fruit, not just pieces such as salad. Generally, different fruit colors contain different substances that can complement each other to meet the substances needed by the body.
In choosing the fruit should be selected that color glossy. Fruit with bright colors or shiny contain more phytachemicals which means more antioxidants, more vitamins and minerals than fruit whose skin is dull.
Suggested Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) United Nations food organizations, the consumption of fruit was 65.75 kg per capita per year in order to stay healthy. So, do not forget to add fruit in your diet today.