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Dragonfruit Is A Fruit On Fire

July 7th, 2011

These are super-popular exotic fruits these days and they come from several cactus species of plants. You can find them in just about any grocery store, in Canada anyway. They look so interesting! It’s a fruit on fire…it even looks like a little flame!

There are 3 different varieties:

1. Pink skin with white flesh

2. Pink skin with red flesh

3. Yellow skin with white flesh

Although they are native to Mexico, Central and South America, they are also cultivated in many places: Southeast Asian countries, even in Israel.
Dragonfruit, at least when shipped to Canada, are relatively tasteless and seem not be worth the time or money. However, dragonfruit are claimed to be extremely nutritious!

* Antioxidants: red flesh variety is rich in these.

* Vitamins: pitaya fruit is rich in these.

* Helps the digestive process because it is rich in fiber

* Helps prevent colon cancer and diabetes.

* Helps neutralize toxic substances: heavy metals, reduce cholesterol levels and high blood pressure.

* Helps against asthma and cough, if eaten regularly.

Check out the nutrition profile for just 100 g of dragonfruit:

* Fat 0.61g

* Fiber 0.9g

* Phosphorous 36.1mg

* Carotene 0.012g

* Protein 0.229g

* Water 83.0g

* Calcium 8.8mg

* Iron 0.65mg

* Riboflavin 0.045mg

* Niacin 0.430mg

* Ascorbic Acid 9.0mg » Read more: Dragonfruit Is A Fruit On Fire

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Six Pack Abs Diet Food Review – Zucchini, Dragon Fruit and Mustard Greens For the Six Pack Abs Diet

June 27th, 2011

If you are interested in getting Six Pack Abs, you may have heard talk about the Six Pack Abs Diet. I can almost guarantee you haven’t heard everything though. In fact, if you read the rest of this Six Pack Abs Diet review, you’ll discover three features almost nobody is talking about…yet…

Zucchini

The zucchini is high in fiber, low in calories and zero in fat. It has a various amount of trace vitamins and minerals. Zucchini is rich in Vitamin A, the vitamin which helps with the health of your eyes. Vitamin C is an active component with the zucchini, which helps with the circulatory system and immune system. Eat the zucchini raw to maximize the six pack abs diet benefits of both Vitamins A and C. Zucchinis are high in fiber which is good for the removal of harmful toxins from the body.

Dragon Fruit

From a cactus from the South East Asian countries formerly called Indo-china. Large amounts of polyunsaturated fats come from the six pack abs diet seeds of this fruit. It contains Vitamins C and antioxidants, both of which fight off the bodily siege of free radicals. There are so many vitamins and minerals in an individual dragon fruit. One problem with this fruit has nothing to do with the food itself, the cactus is region specific, so unless you have access to specific Asian markets, you may have difficulty finding it.

Mustard Greens

Spicy plants which belong to the same family as broccoli. This six pack abs diet plant is generally found in the winter season. Many of the ABC vitamins are contained in the mustard greens, specifically the vitamins A, C, and E. Vitamin C is great with the immune system and the never ending fight against free radicals. Vitamin E is great with free radicals as well. Vitamin A is great with night vision and the general health of the eyes. » Read more: Six Pack Abs Diet Food Review – Zucchini, Dragon Fruit and Mustard Greens For the Six Pack Abs Diet