Fruits: The universal immunity boosters

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The most basic requirements for a healthy immune system are antioxidants, various types of vitamins, minerals, moisture, and natural sugars. 

Fruits are rich in all these contents. They are considered to be the richest source of antioxidants. Different fruits have different types of vitamins in abundance. When eaten whole, they provide good amounts of soluble fiber that feeds the beneficial bacteria in the gut and helps burn excess fat, besides providing satiety for long periods hence reduce the craving for food.

Seasonal fruits provide more nutrients than non-seasonal, cold storage fruits. Having a seasonal fruit first thing in the morning helps to kick-start your metabolism by providing food for gut bacteria and glucose to the muscles.

There is a right time to do anything. Are you aware of the right time to eat fruit? In the era of dieting and busy schedules, we end up eating fruits at night times in the name of dieting (eat light food) or lack of time, etc. 

Every food we eat contains at least one form of carbohydrate or the other that is broken down into various forms of sugar. Most fruits have sugar in the form of fructose that is digested only in the liver. Our body functions according to a specific rhythm. The liver has quite a lot on its plate, over and beyond aiding digestion, it also has to detoxify our system after sunset. So, when we eat fruits after sunset, the liver has to stop detoxifying our body because it is now tasked with digesting the fruit that was eaten after sunset. What’s the point in dieting without detoxification?

You can have only a bowl of fruits by skipping your breakfast – have 1 fruit around mid-morning, another bowl by skipping lunch or 1 fruit for post-lunch snacks around 4 pm. But make sure you have them before sunset.

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Author

Dt. Anjali Khandale (M.Sc., Nutrition & Dietetics)


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