Fruit therapy: the use of fruits as medicine

Fruit therapy: the use of fruits as medicine

The fruits are, without a doubt, some foods that can not be missed within a balanced diet, since they provide most of the essential nutrients that our body needs every day, and also help prevent a good number of disorders and diseases.

Therefore many nutritionists, and also many public health administrations, advise the daily consumption of fruits and vegetables (around 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day), for its nutritional importance for our health in general.

What is fruit therapy?

The frutoterapia It is a therapy that defends the consumption of fruits to improve health. For this, it uses the different healing substances that we find in fruits, for the nutritional and health benefit of the person.

Among the most important healing substances found in these foods we distinguish vitamins, minerals, trace elements, antioxidants, fiber and water.

Goals of the frutoterapia

The main objective of this natural therapy is to help the organism to recover its health and to replace the different energetic wear that occurs naturally every day.

Benefits of fruit therapy

It is a beneficial therapy for health, especially because fruits are rich in vitamins (include provitamin A and vitamin C), minerals (such as potassium and magnesium), antioxidants, trace elements and phytochemicals (which give color and aroma to fruits).

Here we summarize the most important benefits of fruit therapy:

• Its richness in fiber provides satiety, reducing appetite. In addition, it helps prevent constipation, by improving intestinal transit.
• They are depurative, helping to purify our body and detoxify it, favoring the natural elimination of toxins. Thanks above all to its water content.
• They prevent the appearance of cancer.
• They help delay aging.
• They favor the elimination of high uric acid and high cholesterol.

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