One of the major decisions I made when changing my diet a few years ago to one more suitable to a healthy lifestyle was to eat much more fruits. Prior to that, without repeating some of my early postings, my diet was one completely opposite of being healthy and was of foods which eventually lead me to having serious heart disease. Until changing my diet I would only eat small amounts of fruit occasionally. Now 3-1/2 years later I have evolved my diet to where bananas, oranges, clementines, strawberries, apples, are part of my daily diet. Normally I will have various other fruits during the week. Not only are most fruits very healthy for you, they also are a great snack and satisfy your appetite. Fruits are known to provide high amounts of nutrients containing many various antioxidants that attack free radicals which can cause heart disease or damage certain cells that are known to lead to different types of cancerous tumors. Fruits are one of the natural foods that were meant to be consumed in order to provide our bodies the needed amounts of important nutrients. Only much later did we evolve our diets to the introduction of incredible amounts of dangerous chemicals and high levels of salt and man-made sweeteners. Unfortunately most people now consume snack and fast foods, soft drinks and various other unhealthy processed foods as being a primary source of their diets. Red meats contain dangerous amounts of chemicals that are much the same as lawn fertilizer. Snack foods with chemically produced preservatives and flavor enhancers, high in sugar and salt content. Fried and fatty fast foods the can lead to high levels of cholesterol, heart disease, diabestes and obestity. Sugars and salts can be at such high levels from snack and fast foods that our bodies can not process and absorb them naturally leading to damaging our health. Again if you will begin reading much earlier postings you will find many on this subject.
Pineapple contains vitamin C, manganese, vitamin B6, copper, vitamin B1, folate, and is low in calories. We buy fresh pineapple from a market that has trimmed and removed the scaly skin, and leafy crown. Refrigerated and freshly cut it is absolutely delicious. Make no mistake this is not canned pineapple that has had sugars and other enhancers added. This time of year, June, fresh pineapple is available in our area. I suggest you try pineapple, it is pleasant and a healthy addition to your diet.
