Health Benefits of Orange fruit

Orange is common and well-liked fruit. Now people are getting habit of eating orange fruit as their healthy fruit after everyday breakfast, because of its availability in all season and all places, loads of nutrition, and its good taste. Orange is a kind of citrus fruit with a round shape of orange or green color. There are many kinds of orange such as Mandarin orange (with loose skin), Clementine (loose skin and seedless), the tangerine (orange-red Mandarin), the Minneola (cross between tangerine and grapefruit), which are different in taste. Some is sweet, bitter and sour, and the sweet variety is usually more fragrant.

Benefits of Orange fruit:
• Asthma
• Bronchitis
• Tuberculosis
• Pneumonia
• Rheumatism
• Prevent kidney stone
• Helps lower cholesterol in liver
• Helps prevent diabetes
• Helps in constipation
• Arthritis
• High blood pressure
• Protection cells from damages by free radicals

• Persons addicted to alcohol have found that the desire for liquor is greatly reduced by drinking of orange juice.
• Consumption of large quantities of oranges will decrease the outpouring of mucus secretions from the nose.
• Cancer prevention( mouth, skin, lung, breast, stomach, and colon cancer)
• Repair for damaged sperm (Vitamin C help a man to keep his sperm healthy)
• Reducing the risk of heart diseases
• Building strong immune system
• Protection the skin from free radical damage
• Prevent against viral infection

Nutritive Values: Per 100 gm
- Vitamin A: 190 I.U.
- Vitamin B: Thiamine .08 mg
- Vitamin C: 49 mg
- Calcium: 33mg
- Phosphorus: 23 mg
- Potassium: 300mg

Nutritional Contents of Orange:

- Beta-carotene, another powerful antioxidant that protects our cells from being damage
- Calcium that helps protect and maintain the health of our bone and teeth
- Folic Acid for proper brain development
- Magnesium helps maintain blood pressure
- Potassium helps maintain electrolyte balance in the cells, and is important in maintaining a healthy cardiovascular system
- Thiamin helps to covert food into energy
Oranges are a good source of vitamin A, the B vitamins, amino acids, beta-carotene, pectin, potassium, folic acid, calcium, iodine, phosphorus, sodium, zinc, manganese, chlorine and iron and its leave in the albedo (the white matter under the peel) contains the highest amount of valuable bioflavonoid and other anti-cancer agents.