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Dates

Introduction The date is known only by many as a real caloric bomb; few are aware of the very numerous therapeutic properties of this fruit of Phoenix Dactylifera , so extraordinary and prodigious as they are unknown and ignored. In this article we will give a general - but at the same time thorough - description of the date plant and, subsequently, we will describe the fruits in terms of nutritional values ​​and therapeutic indications. Ge

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Plane Fruit - Cooking Bananas

What is plane tree? Definition and disambiguation Platano ( plantain ) is the common name of the fruits (bananas) produced by a giant herbaceous plant, belonging to the Musaceae family and to the genus Musa . It is a hybrid between the wild species M. acuminata and M. balbisiana, identified by the binomial nomenclature Musa × paradisiaca .
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Pink grapefruit

Generality For pink grapefruit (variety of yellow grapefruit ) we mean a fruit, more precisely a citrus, similar to an orange, with a lighter and smoother rind, and the flesh that oscillates between pink and red; the taste is sour, bitter and sweet. Pink grapefruit is the esperidio (berry) of a plant belonging to the Rutaceae family , genus Citrus and species C
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Grapefruit

Generality Grapefruit is a esperide type fruit (ie a berry) classified in the citrus group. It is similar to orange, but thicker, yellow or pink, with a sour, bitter and less sweet taste. Its nutritional intake is excellent, as it is characterized by a very low energy coefficient, a lot of water, vitamin C and other antioxidants
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Pomelo: Nutritional Properties, Use in Diet and How to Eat by R.Borgacci

What's this What is pomelo? Pomelo is the common name of the Citrus maxima or Citrus grandis tree and the fruit it produces; other names of the pomelo are: shaddock or shaddok (in English), pummelo, pompaleone, pommelo and pamplemousse. The pomelo is a citrus fruit that produces esperidi - fruits with a particular structure - edible and much appreciated, which can be included in the VII fundamental group of foods - fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C, fibers, water and soluble sugars (fructose)
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Rambutan by R.Borgacci

What are Rambutans are small edible fruits with a characteristic shape produced by a tropical tree botanically framed as Nephelium lappaceum (Sapindaceae family). This plant, homonymous in the common language, is native to Southeast Tropical Asia - more precisely from the Malay-Indonesian region - and seems to be closely related to other plants known as litchi (Sapindaceae Family, Genus Litchi and specie chinensis ), longan (Family Sapindaceae, Genus Dimocarpus and logan species) and mamoncillo (Family Sapindaceae, Genus Melincoccus and bijugatus species)
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Hemp seeds

Generality Hemp seeds are typical oriental plant foods (eg from India) and Russia. Always considered a "poor" product, hemp seeds have recently been re-evaluated, especially in the vegan diet, to the point that today, by virtue of their nutritional properties, they are considered as a real food supplement
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On a diet spending little

Spend little on vegetables and fruit It is perhaps the most important paragraph of the article, together with the supply of meat and fishery products. This is a rather complex subject since several determining factors come into play. First of all, remember that a vegetable or fruit, to be organic, must NOT be ugly or ruined
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Fruit juices, fruit juices or whole fruit?

Introduction In feeding, the fruit represents a combination of plant foods, sweet and rich in: water, mineral salts, vitamins; however, the correct definition of " fruit " is: " the result of the fertilization of the ovary of the plant having the function of conferring protection, nourishment and means of diffusion to the seed or seeds contained therein" which reveals a much broader vision of the popular concept of fruit
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Grape juice

What is that Grape juice is a drink that can be obtained by cooking and pressing (or from the sieve to vegetable pass) the fruit of the vine. recipe How to prepare grape juice The ingredients of grape juice are: grapes (any but better if strawberry grapes), water, lemon juice and sugar (fructose, sucrose or glucose); it is possible to flavor grape juice with cloves, juniper berries, cinnamon, etc
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Lemon juice

Lemon Lemon juice is the liquid obtained by pressing the citrus fruit of the same name. As the name suggests, the lemon is the fruit of the lemon tree, botanically classified in the Rutaceae Family, Genus Citrus and Species C. x limon ; the binomial nomenclature of the lemon tree is Citrus x limon . The lemon is probably the result of the cross between the pomelo and the cedar
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