Healthy Food for thisYuletide!

I read this somewhere and decided to share with you all. This season, i know cakes, chocolates and other sweet confectioneries will be our delight.

But i encourage us all to eat healthy this season, and ensure that our weight don't exceed the limits we've set!

PINEAPPLES, i understand help digest food fast. It has a high fibre content and  has an enzyme called bromelian. This helps you digest food fast by helping your digestive enzymes breakdown and absorb proteins from food you eat.

CHERRIES, GRAPES are amongst the fruits that contain cyanidin, others are berries e.t.c Cyanidin is a member of the antocyanidin class is responsible for the red pigment in various friuts. This organic compound has antioxidant properties. And has been utilised a treatment for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some forms of cancer.





Therapeutic properties of orange oil are antiseptic, anti- inflamatory, anti-depressant, diuretic, carminative, sedative and tonic. Orange oil contains a-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, limonene, citonellal, neral, and geranial.

For the digestive system, Orange Oil can help with constipation, dyspepsia, and it is a general tonic.

BANANA, cannot effectively treat depression, but some of it's nutrients can help the body fight against depression symptoms. Banana contains tryphtophan an amino acid, this helps the body make serotonin, a brain chemical that regulates mood.

APPLES, i know you must have heard the saying that : Two Apples a day keeps the cardiologist away. Apples contain phytochemicals that acts as antioxidants which lowers LDL- Low density lipoprotein( the bad cholesterol or damaging part of cholesterol in the bloodstream).

Apples also have pectin, soluble fibres that helps in reducing cholesterol levels.

WATERMELON, is an ideal diet food. It is a less fat food and has low calories. It contains lycopene an antioxidant that helps prevent cancer. It also contains a lot of potassium, which helps to removing the toxic deposits in the kidney. It also contains magnesium alongside potassium this helps to reduce high blood pressure to normal ones.

And guys this will catch your interest *wink*

According to a study carried out at Texas A&M's Fruit and Vegetable Improvement Center, the water melon could soon take Viagra producing companies out of business as it contains  (Citrulline) a bioactive chemical  that have effects similar to those of the blue pill, thus it increases libido! *smiles*


So friends, eat healthy this Yuletide and have a healthy and prosperous new year!


Sources: DietaryFibrefood.com, news.softpedia.com