EXOTIC FRUITS FOR YOUR HEALTH

Since mankind is on this planet, the Earth, for millions of years, its health was – and still is – supported by nature’s healthy food with its powerful nutrients. Globally, including those exotic fruits you may learn about when you read on. Scientifically verified internationally.    

THE PHILOSOPHY BEHIND 

As you know latest from our publications, healthy diet – besides physical exercise – is one of the 2 basic pillars for our health and longevity. With special reference to fruits. Dependent on their natural content of certain vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other specific nutrients.  While the knowledge about our native fruits – regardless where you live – has been passed on from generation to generation, there are well some fruits entering our culture from abroad. Although these are not necessarily disadvantageous for our health and longevity, it is still important to know about their nutritious background. To understand where exactly the benefits are. In this respect, we picked 3 exotic fruits for you, as follows.

LYCHEE/PERSIMMON/STAR FRUITS – SCIENTIFICALLY VERIFIED

Lychees

Basically native to tropical and sub-tropical China and India, and historically known and used there already 2000 B.C., this fruit comes from the evergreen tree Litchi chinensis.

​Conventionally named lychee, it is also going by the botanical names
- Chinese cherry
- lychee nut
   &
- litchi 

Especially loaded with vitamin C and antioxidants, this fruit has benefits for our health in terms of being
* anti-diabetic
* anti-carcinogenic
* anti-inflammatory
* cardioprotective
   &
* anti-angiogenic(preventing tumors from growing blood vessels)
 
According to research at, inter alia,
- South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou&
- Zhejiang University in Hangzhou(both China)
- Kobe University in Kobe, Japan&
- University of Palermo in Palermo, Italy 

Based on research at
- Andhra University in Andhra Pradesh, India
   lychee fruits may
* inhibit cancer cells & viruses&
* protect the liver 

Persimmon 

​In fact, there are 2 types of persimmon fruits.
 
One of the 2 types of persimmon fruit - Diospyros virginiana – has been known by the native Americans already 300 years ago.
 
The other type - Diospyros kaki – is native to Japan, ripening there between September and December.
 
Split up in 2 subtypes:
 
The acorn-shaped hachiya and the tomato-shaped fuyu. Both comparable in terms of health benefits.
 
With special reference to vitamin A giving persimmons the power to support

• eye health & vision.

 
Based on research at, inter alia, the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
 
Another benefit is the high load of antioxidants to help with, inter alia,

• cancer
• diabetes
• cardiovascular disease

           &

• Alzheimer’s disease

 
According to research at, inter alia, Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, CA.
 
Not to overlook the anti-inflammatory power of this fruit due to its high content of vitamin C helping, inter alia, with

• heart disease

based on research at, inter alia, the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT,

• prostate cancer

according to research at Dalian University of Technology in Dalian, China
           &

• diabetes

according to research at, inter alia, Harbin Medical University in Harbin, China
 
Also to mention persimmon’s high content of fiber helping to

• remove high cholesterol

from the body.
 
As based on research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, NE and Clemson University in Clemson, SC.

Star fruit

​This is another exotic (star shaped) fruit from Southeast Asia, also named ‘carambola’ (‘cane apple’) in its original Malayan language.
 
Loaded with powerful nutrients such as, inter alia,

• vitamin C

           &

• minerals like magnesium, calcium and potassium

according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
 
Especially important, as vitamin C produces collagen as a substance the self-healing power of our body is dependent on.
 
Along with star fruit’s impressive content of fiber to reduce high cholesterol and the risk of cardiovascular disease.
 
In fact, according to its native Ayurvedic & traditional Chinese medicine, star fruit has been used since many centuries to treat, inter alia,

• fever
• headache
• cough
• sore throat
• asthma

          &

• skin problems   

 
Scientifically verified today with special reference to, inter alia,

• cardiovascular disease

           (University of Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka)
           &

• reducing high cholesterol from the body
  

​          (City University of New York in New York City, NY)  

IN A NUTSHELL

Since mankind is on this planet, the Earth, for millions of years, its health was – and still is – supported by nature’s healthy food with its powerful nutrients. Globally, including those exotic fruits you learned about. Scientifically verified internationally.   

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All information stated in this blog are for your personal education only, and are not intended to replace the advice of your healthcare provider.