Orchard of Health – Natural Health Benefits from Everyday Fruit
(ContentDesk) December 19, 2005 -- Eating healthy is fast becoming a way of life. Studies show Americans are living longer and enjoying more active lifestyles. Due to advances in food technology, we are only just beginning to discover the health secrets Mother Nature placed in simple everyday fruit. In fact, in early 2005, the U.S.D.A. revealed the updated version of the food pyramid that suggests five to nine daily servings of fruit and vegetables.As daily consumption of fruit is fast being recognized as a vital component to maintaining a healthy body and enjoying an active lifestyle, it makes sense to understand the "science" behind the health benefits of fruit.
Recent studies have indicated that the antioxidants in fruit provide a whole host of health benefits: the anti-aging power of blueberries and the joint pain relieving properties found in cherries are two. The multitudes of health components found in fruit are truly a gift from Mother Nature. Here are a few everyday fruits for healthy living: Cherries The Supercharged Fruit:Are cherries truly fruit for a healthy you? Recent studies have revealed that cherries afford an assortment of health benefits, including the potential to offer natural relief from joint pain caused from gout, arthritis and joint inflammation. Many are choosing to drink cherry juice, eat cherries or consume tart cherry dietary supplements to enjoy the natural benefits of this tiny red fruit.Linda L. Patterson is a living testimony of the soothing affects of cherries.
I enjoy crocheting and lately my hands have been so painful, I couldnt crochet for more than about 30 minutes, says Patterson. In an attempt to find relief from her pain, a friend recommended Fruit Advantage Tart Cherry, www.fruitadvantage.coma dietary supplement made from red tart cherries. Within the first week of taking the tart cherry capsules, my hands felt so much better, says Patterson. I am now able to crochet without the pain in my hands. Blueberries Natures Top Antioxidant Fruit: Blueberries have emerged as the top antioxidant capacity fruit in a laboratory testing procedure called ORAC - Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity developed by the USDA. ORAC has become the definitive measurement of antioxidant capacity.James Joseph, Ph.D and chief of the USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging in Boston, is working with blueberries to examine their potential to help improve motor skills and reverse the short-term memory loss that comes with aging."The blueberry has emerged as a very powerful food in the aging battle," said Joseph.
"Given the possibility that blueberries may reverse short-term memory loss and forestall other effects of aging, their potential may be very great."Terry Johnson, a resident of Grand Rapids, Mich., munches on dried blueberries for the convenience and taste. I work behind a computer for eight hours a day and I like to snack. I began eating dried blueberries instead of a candy bar from the vending machine. Now I feel good when I snack because I am eating fruit instead of candy. Strawberries:Studies have shown that strawberries can help promote a healthy digestive system and may help lower cholesterol. A handful of strawberries can go a long way toward helping you maintain a healthy lifestyle.The Michigan-based company Traverse Bay Farms http://www.traversebayfarms.com offers free shipping on all 3-pound orders of dried fruit, including organic dried blueberries.If you are interested in learning more about the natural health benefits behind simple everyday fruit, you can enjoy a relaxing stroll though Orchard of Health (www.orchardofhealth.com).
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Fruit Basket Delivery
Probably the single most important component responsible for making the fruit basket the most popular gift in history is the modern technology applied to the delivery of the product itself. Overnight delivery from almost anywhere in the world, is what makes the fruit basket the most versatile and exotic of gifts available.
When fruits from Afghanistan can be picked on a Wednesday, delivered to a manufacturer in America on Thursday, assembled and sent out to you on the same day and on your Holiday table by Friday morning, that is something never envisioned by the Ancient Kings and Queens who dined on the finest of fruit from their kingdoms.
Were it not for the existence of the fruit basket, very few people would have cared enough to pay the higher prices necessary to consume fresh cherries from South America and fresh pineapples from Hawaii in the dead of winter, when the temperatures reach 15-degrees below zero Fahrenheit, on the East Coast.
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Fruit Inspection
If we believe we are called to be Fruit Inspectors, then might we also have been watching for imperfection in Jesus, in His day, too?By human observation, Jesus did not pass the test. Among other things, they said He was gluttonous and a winebibber; being that he befriended both publicans and sinners. Luke 7:34 No doubt, others have looked to find flaws in your ministry, too.Maybe you were slain by someone offended by your poundage, who'd forgotten that bodily exercise only profits a little.Perhaps the determination of your faithfulness is based upon 100% church attendance, when you work third shift and can't keep your eyes open through every meeting.Certainly, when they inspected Jesus, they considered Him to be flawed, too ... thinking God had caused Jesus' affliction due to his own sin, without ever having considered that people might actually be suffering as a result of the sins of others. Isaiah 53:4-5Apparently, if we look to see error, we will find it; real or imagined.
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Fruit Inspection
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