For Perfect Blood Pressure
Good: Bananas
Better: Fresh figs
Why Six fresh figs have 891 mg of blood-pressure-lowering potassium, nearly 20 per cent of your recommended daily requirement—about double what you’d find in one large banana. In a recent five-year study from the Netherlands, high-potassium diets were linked with lower mortality rates from all causes in healthy adults aged 55 and over.
You’ll also get a healthy boost to your bones. Figs are one of the best fruit sources of frame-friendly calcium.
Shop for figs that are dry on the surface and feel heavy in the hand. A perfectly ripe fig may have slight cracks that are bursting with the fruit’s sweet syrup.
Serve by chopping and adding to yoghurt, cottage cheese, muesli or green salads. Or enjoy figs as a savoury snack: cut a slit in the side and stuff with 1/2 tsp of soft, low-fat cheese such as chevre (goat’s cheese) or brie.
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ReplyI like fruits. Eat more fruits for more healthy
ReplyI have just turned 60 and am thankfully very healthy - due largely I suspect to the way I was brought up eating healthy food. I agree there is nothing "new" about these so called super fruits - they are the everyday fruits of a generation or so ago. Most of my shopping basket contains fruit, vegetables and salad items. I have a mother going strong in her mid 80's and my grandmother lived until 99. The answer is not in medications I feel it is good healthy eating and to keep moving with moderate exercise. The sad thing is all these foods are often more expensive than grabbing a quick take away which makes the cheaper option so appealing to many families.
ReplyGreat article, there should be more articles about this that exactly tell you what you are eating, why it's good for you and also compares it with other fruits, who cares about the articles title? judge the content and not the title, besides that it's not telling you to follow this as a diet..
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