Summer season fruits

Summer season fruits and health benefits:

Watermelon:
The fruit helps to quench the thirst. It is a good source of beta carotene, vitamin C, pectin, lycopene, potassium and iron. It helps to renovate the dehydrated water of the body. Sweet melon is also one of the best fruit of summer season.

Orange:
It should be advisable to take one hour before or after eating your meal. It helps in digesting food.

Grapes:
The fruits helps to renovate the dehydrated water of the body. You must need an interval between eating grape and meal.

Juices to be taken during summer:

Apple Juice:
It improves heart health and lung function. It is mainly good for liver and intestines.

Beetroot Juice:
Beetroot Juice helps in creation of red blood cells. It helps the patients having memory losses and face problem and also helps in decreasing the damage due to menstrual and menopausal problems.

Lemon Juice:
Lemon juice has an effect on digestive system. The acid in lemon juice can help neutralize the deficiency of lower amount of stomach acid in diabetics’ patients.

Pomegranate Juice:
It improves heart health by lowering blood pressure.

Tomato Juice:
Tomato juice appears to lower the risk of prostate cancer. It helps protect people against immune system deficiencies.

Watermelon Juice:
It is the best recommended to lose weight quickly and naturally. It also improves heart health.

Tips for buying fruits

While shopping fruits from your grocer make sure that you are selecting the best ones so that you enjoy the fruit as well as save your money. Here are some tips which will help you to buy fresh fruits:

• Bananas should be free from blemishes, bruises and other injuries. Ripe bananas should be firm and bright yellow in color. Do not buy bananas which are overripe.

• While buying oranges, see to that it is bright orange in color, firm and heavy. Do not buy oranges which are light weight and having rough skin texture since it lacks flesh content and juice.

• Pineapples should have dark green leaves and must be heavy in size. Larger the fruit, more the edible flesh. It can be ripened quickly by making it stand upside down. Avoid pineapples which have discolored and decayed skin.

• Buy grapes which are bright colored and firmly attached to the stem. Do not buy soft or wrinkled grapes which are symptoms of decay.

• Lemons should have firm, smooth and lustrous skin. Smaller and firmer lemons give more juice than larger ones. Avoid lemons having dull yellowish color since they might have high acidity content.