I was listening to Dr Carson speak about the benefits of fruit and I wanted to share some interesting facts that I learned.As I learn more about the importance of fruit in our diet, statistics show that less than 18% of the population consumes 2 or more fruits a day. Countless studies have concluded that we still need 7-9 servings of quality fruits and vegetables in our diets to maintain optimum health. How many are getting that? I wasn't. Not doing so is one of the main reasons our society is rampant with disease, cancer, and most of the health problems we face today.
First, fruit from the store, including organic fruit, carries a much higher risk of carrying food borne illnesses than chicken or beef. To mitigate that, manufacturers pasteurize or use extreme heat to kill dangerous bacteria. Unfortunately, this destroys much of the nutritional quality of the fruit. There is only one way to maintain the nutritional quality of fruit and that is to flash pasteurize it. Flash pasteurizing heats the juice up at a rapid rate for only a few seconds to kill bacteria, then reduces the temperature rapidly to help maintain the nutrients.
Fruits from the wild, ie, the Amazon Jungle, have 40% more nutrition than fruit from the USA. Why? Because the environmental conditions of the Amazon are so harsh that most of the fruit grown over there developed survival properties. The protection mechanism built into fruit protects it from the following: viruses, bacteria, mold, fungi, parasites, droughts, floods, radiation, high heat, toxins, pollutions, free radicals, over crowding, predators and mutations. The person consuming these raw fruits benefits greatly from these defense mechanisms. Acai fruit for example, is an amazing fruit that has kept Brazilians healthy and young for years, based on it's survival properties.
There are many products out there but keep one thing in mind. As Dr Carson says, and i am paraphrasing, there are a certain things you don't want to save money on- Heart transplants, parachutes, life preservers and wellness products. Get the facts and understand that what you do on a daily basis makes a difference in your health.
