Kiwi fruit and its health benefits

Kiwi fruit, a fruit with thin hairy skin, green flesh and black seeds with lots of health benefits to a healthier you.

Enriched with nutrients, vitamins and minerals and aids in lowering the risk of asthma, cardiovascular diseases and helps to have a healthy heart.

Kiwi fruit has been rated as an excellent source of vitamin C, making it a great choice in the fight against osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and asthma, and preventing conditions such as colon cancer, atherosclerosis and diabetic heart disease. Vitamin C is also a necessary nutrient for the immune system.

Kiwi fruit

Kiwi fruit is a small fruit with green flesh that looks creamy in consistency with a very unique flavour.

Kiwi as it is been called in most countries is native to Southern China and is to be the National Fruit of China. It was used in China as a tonic for children and given to women after given birth.

The fruit is popularly used in fruit salad dishes around the world because of its succulent sweet taste.

Kiwi fruit was once the Chinese gooseberry and it is associated with the New Zealand kiwi fruit. The fruit was first exported from Asia in the 1900’s and arrived in the United States in 1904.

This fruit is often overlooked at times because of its hairy exterior but beneath it lies a sweet green flesh that also works well in savory dishes, it has also fascinated researchers on phytonutrient, which is the ability to protect DNA in the nucleus of human cells from oxygen-related damage.

Kiwi fruit is an excellent source of fibre which helps to reduce cholesterol, heart disease and heart attack and also helpful in removing toxins from the colon.

Kiwi fruit is a good snack for diabetics because of its richness in fibre, it helps to keep blood sugar under control. Potassium is also found in the fruit, a good mineral source.

Eating a slice of kiwi fruit daily can keep the doctor away, and can be eaten over a bowl of cereal at breakfast or have as a  lunch time snack.