Fruits you should eat and fruits you shouldn’t eat

Who doesn’t love fruits? I sure do. It’s delicious, sweet and good for you. But unfortunately, not all fruits have the same health benefits. With some fruits, the drawbacks are actually worse than the benefits - sad right?

Just as we are choosy with our food, we also need to be conscious of the type of fruits we digest. When eating fruits, you should be looking for fruits high in fibre, vitamins and low in calories and sugar.

If you are thinking of which fruits to include to your daily diet, and which to indulge in, it is important to the facts so you can make the best and healthy choice for your body.

EAT Pineapple

According to a study by Biotechnology Research International, pineapple is rich in vitamin C and manganese; with an enzyme called Bromelain which helps absorb antibiotics, stops diarrhoea, fights diabetes, heart disease and cancer. It also shortens the healing time after surgery and used for treating inflammation and sport injuries. So if you haven’t already started eating this fruit, it is important for you to add it to your daily menu. It can be made into a smoothie, eaten raw as a snack, used as salad toppings or splayed on your oatmeal.

EAT Watermelon

This fruit is not only very delicious but keeps you hydrated as it is ninety two (92) percent water. It boasts numerous other health benefit including lowering blood pressure, and helping with muscles soreness. Watermelon contains vitamin C, potassium, copper, vitamin A and vitamin B5.

A high level of citrulline found in the white part of the watermelon rind. And in the human body, citrulline turns into amino acid arginine, which helps the reproductive system as well as prevents heart disease.

EAT Apples 

Apples are good for weight loss as they contain a high percentage of water and also high in fibre; four (4) grams in a medium size apple.

Fascinatingly enough, apple flesh also contain polyphenols, a type of antioxidants that have been shown to reduce the risk of stroke and heart disease. However, this polyphenols are found in red apple skin; so you can skip the green ones.

EAT Grapefruit

You would be amazed at the quantity and quality of nutrients found in this fruit. Grapefruit filled with vitamin C, a small amount of protein, vitamin A, Manganese, Thiamine, Folate and magnesium. Despite it’s acidic and sour taste you can enjoy eating then by sprinkling them with honey and a bit of salt

EAT Avocado

According to a recent study, an avocado contains high amounts of Vitamin E, vitamins B6 and D, Potassium, Iron and most importantly; monounsaturated fat which helps lower your cholesterol.

Apart from this, the Potassium in avocado helps manage blood pressure and fatigue.

In addition, it’s also high in omega-3 fatty acids which helps reduce the risk of heart disease.

EAT Lemons

A single lemon gives you one hundred and thirty nine (139) percent of your daily vitamin C. LiveScience, says that lemon is low-calorie, fat-free, and full of folic acid that has been shown to help protect against stroke and improve cardiovascular health.

DON’T EAT Bananas

Why the hell not?! This is because it contain mostly carbs. In fact ninety three (93) percent of their calories come from carbohydrates and contain up to sixteen (16) percent of sugar.

Furthermore the healthy starch in unripe bananas turn to sugar as a banana ripens. So just imagine the quantity of sugar you are loading your bloodstream with. (Bye bye, banana smoothie!).

DON’T EAT Mangoes

Like bananas, they also have a larger percentage of sugar and that’s why they taste so sweet. Research has shown that one full sized mango contains one hundred (100) calories and twenty three (23) grams of sugar.

Ouch! But if you cant bear to live without them, eat them sparingly.

DON’T EAT Coconut

Coconuts are so in vogue right now (I would know because I use them almost everyday, in my cooking), but they aren’t as healthy as people want to think. (I’m taking a huge step back from them).

Research has shown that a full sized coconut contains a whopping two hundred and eighty three (283) calories, two hundred and twenty four (224) of which are from fat. This makes it one of the fattiest food around. (Now I understand the issue with my unyielding puffy stomach and waistline).

DON’T EAT Oranges

Why!!! According to the university of Rochester Medical Centre, oranges are so acidic, that they can do some serious damage to your teeth. Yuck! Affiliated dentists lists oranges as being among the worst food for your teeth and they recommend that if you have to drink orange juice, you should use a straw to keep your teeth safe.

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Maintaining a good relationship with your kids

The relationship between parents and their teenagers keep deteriorating daily particularly in this present global generation. It is very important for parents to maintain a very good, solid and close relationship with their teenagers. Most teenagers now especially from the age of thirteen to seventeen already feel independent and want to start making decisions by themselves and don’t want their parents tailor guiding them as thought they were still little kids. 

However, it is important to still monitor your children because this is their critical stage of life. Whatever they get accustomed to at that point becomes very difficult to leave or unattached from latter on in life. The teenage age is not the period where a parent becomes overly stern or bossy with your child because at that age, you can either bring them close to you, become best of friends or push them so far away becoming almost like strangers. 

Parents need to be hard, yet soft; firm yet malleable. Above all parents should be the closest of friends to their children, owing to the fact that the outside world is completely and almost corrupt, it will be beneficial to the parents to be much closer to their kids so as to be able to guide and not force them in the right steps. Each child is unique with his or her own vision. Times are changing and what could be obtained in the olden days as morals then has been flushed down the toilet in this modern age. 

Teenagers do possibly get very frustrated that they cannot “test their wings.” Parents need to allow their teens more independence by gradually “letting the rope out.” Most parents want to rule and dominate each process of their child growth, thinking they are helping the child but alas you are slowly, steadily and unconsciously destroying the child self esteem and independence. If a young plant is always crowed by the parent matured plants, it can’t germinate properly. It will die from stagnation, miniature nutrient, and congestion. 

Tomorrow, we will consider ways in which parents can maintain a good relationship with their kids 

Stay tuned