Whether you’re fighting fatigue, searching for ways to boost your immune system or recovering from an illness; healthy lifestyle changes are recommended. The foods you eat can often significantly help prevent and manage symptoms. It is always better to get nutrients directly from food, rather than take supplements. So these healing fruits are highly recommended.
Simply put, many of the foods you consume have the power to improve your overall health and well-being. The key here is to know which fruits are your tickets to health!
So the next time you go to the market, be sure to pick up these healing fruits.
Avocados
Avocados and foods that are rich in omega-3 fatty acids are key for a healthy scalp. They are high in vitamins B and E, which have been shown to promote hair growth. It’s no wonder they’re typically used in hair masks, thanks to their moisturizing and conditioning benefits.
These healing fruits are also excellent sources of fiber and monounsaturated fatty acids (the good fat!); while also being free of sodium and cholesterol. Plus, they’re full of potassium, which plays a key role in helping lower blood pressure. In fact, they contain more potassium than a banana.
Kiwi
While they may be small in size, kiwis pack a powerful punch when it comes to their healing characteristics. This tiny, nutrient-dense fruit packs an amazing amount of vitamin C, and has more fiber than apples. They also beats bananas as a high-potassium food. The unique blend of phytonutrients, vitamins, and minerals found in kiwis helps protect against; heart disease, stroke, cancer, and respiratory disease. Kiwifruit’s natural blood-thinning properties work without the side effects of aspirin and support vascular health. It also reduces blood pressure.
Multiple studies have shown that kiwifruit not only reduces oxidative stress and damage to DNA; but also prompts damaged cells to repair themselves. In Chinese medicine they are used to accelerate the healing of wounds and sores.
Cranberries
Cranberries are largely known to help prevent UTIs. They’re also packed with antioxidants that can help protect and heal your body from cell damage. Plus, as noted in Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, cranberries contain compounds; that can help impede the growth and development of certain breast, lung, and colon cancers. Cranberries aren’t just for Thanksgiving, but it’s definitely worth being thankful as a power packed fruit.
Ginger
Ginger is an all-round good health food, being high in antioxidants and anti-inflammatory compounds. However, ginger’s most reputed benefit is its effectiveness at treating all types of nausea; making it a great alternative to motion sickness tablets when travelling.
To help ease the nausea associated with travel sickness; try eating crystallized ginger or ginger biscuits, or drink some ginger tea or ginger ale.
Beet Roots
Contrary to popular belief; fruits contain a lot of complex carbohydrates which release sugar into your system slowly, leaving a long-lasting energy boost. Fruits with skin, such as apples, provide added fiber, which keeps you full longer. Beets are a natural energy supply packed with calcium, iron, vitamins A and C.
Cherries
Did you know that the skin of cherries relieves pain just as well as Ibuprofen? Cherries are packed with substances that help fight inflammation and cancer. In lab studies, quercetin and ellagic acid, two compounds contained in cherries, have been shown to inhibit the growth of tumors.
Cherries also have antiviral and antibacterial properties. Anthocyanin is another compound in cherries that are credited with lowering the uric acid levels in the blood; thereby reducing a common cause of “gout”.
Guava
Guavas are a seasonal small tropical fruit that can be round, oval or pear-shaped. Guavas contain more of the cancer-fighting antioxidant lycopene than any other fruit or vegetable; and nearly 20 percent more than popular fruit.
Lycopene protects healthy cells from free radicals that can cause blocked arteries, joint degeneration, nervous system problems and cancer. Lycopene consumption is associated with significantly lower rates of prostate and breast cancers.