Foods & Nutrients

The oldest data about grapefruit dates back to the 17th century but it is still arguable whether its homeland is Jamaica or Barbados. A little later the scholar John Lunan classifies the fruit as grape and there comes the English name “grapefruit”. Since 1750, when Griffith Hughes described the fruit ...

Plums are a very healthy food because except from a pleasant taste, they possess healing powers. Plums have the following content: water (87%); sugar (9%); pectin’s (0.8%); proteins (0.8%); fibers (0.5%); from the organic acids prevalent is the apple acid (1.3%); vitamins B1, B2, PP, C (10 mg %), pro-vitamin A.

Cinnamon becomes famous in Europe in 1505 when the Portuguese arrive in Ceylon and learn how it is manufactured. The cinnamon tree actually is from the family Laurels. It goes up to 18m of height. Its bark is with a light brown color. The flowers are pale yellow and form clusters.

Оrange juice can provide you with a healthy source of energy because it is something more that an intake of rich in vitamin C food. The American diet Association states that orange juice and oranges themselves have great benefits to the human organism. From oranges and freshly squeezed orange juice your ...