Go Orange

01/05/2010 by admin.

Members of the orange family are numerous, including Clementines, Mandarins, Minneola, Blood Orange and Tangerines.  

Oranges are well known for their Vitamin C content but they do provide other nutritional benefits. 

Oranges are a good source of dietary fibre and are plentiful of vitamins and minerals including Vitamins A and B, pectin, folic acid, calcium, zinc, manganese, iron and potassium.  The white matter which lies under the peel contains anti-cancer agents so consume as much of this as possible.   

In short regular consumption of oranges as part of a well balanced diet can combat health problems such as arteriosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), cancers, constipation, cholesterol, high blood pressure, prevention of kidney stones and can fight free radicals as well as boost your immunity.

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