Eat with understanding
Fruit
17 stories
Berries
- CherryThe deep red of a cherry comes from anthocyanins, and only a small part of the anthocyanins you eat is absorbed in the small intestine; most of it has…Fruit · Berries4 stations
- BlueberryThe blue-purple color of blueberries comes from a class of pigments in the skin called anthocyanins.Fruit · Berries4 stations
- GrapesGrapes need almost no chewing, carry little fiber, and do not fill you up, which makes them one of the few fruits that are easy to eat handful after…Fruit · Berries4 stations
- StrawberryA plate of strawberries is roughly a day's worth of vitamin C.Fruit · Berries5 stations
- Goji & Açaí 'Superberries'Most of the polyphenols in these berries (such as the anthocyanins in açaí) never make it into the blood; what actually circulates is a different set…Fruit · Berries6 stations
Pome & Citrus
- PearWhat sets pear apart is sorbitol.Fruit · Pome & Citrus4 stations
- AppleThe thing most worth remembering about apples is pectin.Fruit · Pome & Citrus4 stations
- Pomelo & GrapefruitGrapefruit and some pomelos contain molecules called furanocoumarins that knock out a drug-processing enzyme in the wall of the small intestine, so…Fruit · Pome & Citrus4 stations
- OrangeA medium orange supplies close to a full adult day of vitamin C.Fruit · Pome & Citrus4 stations
- KiwiOne kiwi has about as much vitamin C as an adult needs in a day, and gram for gram more than an orange.Fruit · Pome & Citrus5 stations
Tropical
- BananaA banana keeps ripening after it is picked: enzymes in the flesh cut its starch, piece by piece, into sugar.Fruit · Tropical4 stations
- AvocadoAvocado is barely sweet and gets most of its calories from fat, mainly oleic acid, the same fat that dominates olive oil; in the same meal, that fat…Fruit · Tropical4 stations
- Jujube (Red Date)Jujube, the red date, holds little iron, and what it has is the poorly absorbed kind found in plants, so the claim that red dates build blood does not…Fruit · Tropical4 stations
- MangoThe orange color of mango flesh comes from beta-carotene, which the wall of the small intestine cuts apart and remakes into vitamin A; the more orange…Fruit · Tropical5 stations
- WatermelonWatermelon is about 92% water, so although its sugar reaches the blood quickly, the total in one serving is small, and its real effect on blood sugar…Fruit · Tropical5 stations
- LycheeLychee contains two toxins that shut down the body's backup line for making its own sugar, and unripe fruit holds more of them.Fruit · Tropical8 stations
- PineapplePineapple stings your mouth not only because it is sour.Fruit · Tropical8 stations