Nutritional Value of Citrus Fruits

Everyone knows that you need to get your daily dose of vitamins, minerals and nutrients each day by eating healthy and drinking plenty of good for you fluids. Many people will mindlessly reach into the refrigerator, pull out the carton, pour, and gulp down a large glass of orange juice in the morning along side their refreshing cup of coffee and a piece of toast before running off to school, the office, to the gym or to where ever is more important than home. Orange juice is included in the archetype of an ‘American breakfast’. But why is that? Everyone knows that you can get your Vitamin C from orange juice, or from citrus fruits of all sorts for that matter, but that is it right? There is no other reason to drink orange juice or snack on citrus fruits is there? Yes there is! Citrus fruits are full of vitamins, minerals and nutrients that you are over looking. Read on for more information about how much more you are benefiting from that refreshing glass of juice in the morning and the great health benefits of eating grapefruit, oranges, lemons, limes, pomelos, tangerines, mandarins and the dozens of hybrid citrus fruits that are out there.

Citrus fruits do not contain fat, cholesterol, or sodium making them the perfect snack. These fruits generally contain less than one hundred calories per serving but are high in dietary fiber to help people feel full and also add to your gastrointestinal health by adding in the removal of waste from the body.
Citrus fruits are a great source of thiamin, Vitamin B6, folate, calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, copper, pantontenic acid, riboflavin, and glycaemic and non-glycaemic carbohydrates, which are in lemans terms, dietary fibers and sugars.

But what does this mean exactly? This means that this combination of minerals and nutrients can help in the prevention and progression of many diseases, for example cardiovascular disease by helping control LDL or ‘bad cholesterol’. The anti-carcinogenic properties of these delicious fruits is said to also be a simple but essential preventative measure against cancer. Citrus fruits are super concentrated with Vitamin C which is not only good at fighting off the common cold and helping combat the seasonal flue. Vitamin C assists the body in the absorption of iron helping those with Anemia better combat their iron-deficiency. For example when you eat spinach and wash it down with a glass of orange juice your body will absorb a much large quantity of the iron into your body!

Therefore, next time you mindlessly grab for the carton of orange juice or peel a tangerine for a snack, think of the many ways that you are helping your body by eating or drinking that citrus fruit.

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