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We have all seen the food pyramid where it says we need to eat fruit on a daily basis. Much of our vitamin C comes from fruits and fruit juices. Learn how dried varieties of fruits are both good and marginal for our bodies.
Certain fruits can be dried for prolonged storage. We buy fresh fruits from the grocery store and the farmer’s market as a part of a healthy diet. But, fresh doesn’t say fresh for as long as we like. One way to save that fruit is to dry it.
The drying process can be as easy for you as sticking some fruit directly on the oven rack and letting it shrivel up. Once all of the water has been removed, the dried fruits can be stored in a cool place for a long time. Dried fruit also tastes much sweeter than regular fruit.
A piece of fruit is mostly water. The drying process concentrates the natural sugars and can feed our sweet tooth better than candy and other sweet foods. Also the vitamins and nutrients contained in the fruit are still present. Depending on the fruit, it contains folate, antioxidants, vitamin C, and vitamin A.
Dried fruit takes up less space than regular fruit. A cup of pineapple slices may contain four slices while a cup of dried pineapple slices may have twice as many. Since there is no water less it takes up less space. A handful of raisins give the same daily benefit as two cups of grapes.
Dried fruit benefits our bodies with natural sugar instead of added sugar. Eating some fruit is much better than eating artificially flavored sweets. But, there is one drawback to dried varieties of fruit.
Like everything else, dried fruit is eaten in moderation to avoid eating too much. While it is okay to eat a lot of real fruit, dried fruit contains more calories than regular fruit. Why is that, you may ask? Because more fruit fits in a serving, the calorie add up. Be careful to eat the serving size of dried fruit to avoid ingesting too much sugar or calories.
Dried fruits don’t have to be eaten alone. They can be added to cakes and pies. The most widely used dried fruit is raisins. Raisins go well in cookies, cakes, and sweet breads.
It only takes a couple of handfuls of raisins to get most of the daily allowance for vitamin C and A. As long as you don’t eat too many dried fruits on a daily basis they are good for your health. It is just like anything else. Eating all things in moderation keeps them as healthy additions to your diet. Besides, dried fruits are easy to transport anywhere for a simple snack.
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Whilst dried fruit is good you shouldn’t eat too much. There are a lot of sugars in dried fruit and as it is dried it looks a lot smaller to us so we tend to eat more. Dried fruit should be taken in small portions.
I agree with the sugar. I don’t know if companies add sugar or is all natural but we should watch out for that. But it’s really good to eat it
FruitFruit give our good health so i like eat fruit.Thanks for writing. your comment allows me to provide more information.
I love dried fruit! I do not have the option to dry my own at this time so I buy it wholesale from the internet. I will be moving into my new home this spring and plan on planting all kinds of fruits around the property that I plan on drying once they start producing.
I simply love dry fruits..its not only very tasty to eat and it goes well in many pastry recipes..but the thing is that in mny dry fruits they add up sugar to preserve it, which is not good for health.
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Dried food is a very healthy alternative. However if you are on a diet I recommend you eat fresh fruit instead. Because dried fruit is basically fresh fruit without the water. When you diet the water in the fruit helps keep your hunger under control.
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Thanks for sharing such more on dried fruit. When I get mine I get it from a local store that does it so there isn’t any added sugar or anything I think I often forget about the other or bigger companies that make them in bigger quantities and things with what they may add to their products to make them last longer or for traveling. Thank you all for letting me know about these things.
I totally agree its a good idea to eat fresh fruit when dieting because of the water intake I try to get a mixture of both since some of the fruits aren’t available up here all year round.
Both fresh and dried are good. Just keep a check on how much you are eating and you will be fine.
Yes Roger I do think that is the key, balancing what your eating. I also think for those Not eating a lot of fruits should not just jump in and start eating a lot. They should gradually add them to their diets. It can do a number on your system, a friend of mine found that out the hard way.