Discover the Powerful Health Benefits Found in Peaches

        Eating fruit everyday is important to ones  health. It is beneficial to eat fruits full of vitamins because your body has a higher absorbent rate of using those vitamins than  even taking daily  vitamin supplements. Fruits are unfortunately not made equal with vitamins and nutrients. As a result of this fact, the choice of which fruit to eat becomes vital.

       So that brings us to this question. Are peaches really worth eating everyday?  Yes , It is. In fact peaches have been  found to have more nutrients and health benefits than previously thought.

       

       Peaches are a good source of many different vitamins and minerals, but one that particularly prologues life is potassium. Peaches provide a high source for this mineral. If you have a shortage of potassium, you're likely to have fatigue, anxiety, muscle weakness, skin problems, poor memory, hypertension, cardiac arrhythmia, congestive heart failure or heart deterioration and vibration in your ears. The laundry list of potential diseases low potassium has more potential to develop if you're on diuretics, have abdominal problems or diarrhea or simply sweat profusely.

        Another health benefit of peaches is the amount of beta-carotene it contains. The body changes beta-carotene to Vitamin A.Vitamin A is essential in so many of the body's functions. A recent study showed that people who had higher amounts of vitamin A in their diet had less risk of developing cataracts. Other studies show a derivative of vitamin A might be instrumental in curing COPD, at least in mice. There are presently no studies on humans.

        Peaches also contain lycopene and lutein. These are also carotenes, like beta-carotene and give color to the peach. There are several studies and indications that these two substances, can help prevent macular degeneration, cancer and heart disease.

        Peaches are high in fiber.There are two types of fiber. Insoluble fiber doesn't dissolve in water and soluble fiber does. Insoluble fiber is heart healthy because it collects water and increases the bulk of the stool. Your stool then acts like little scrubbers along the intestines and removes the build up of waste. This helps prevent colon cancer. Cleansing the intestinal wall also increases the amount of nutrients your body can absorb and rids the body of toxicity. Insoluble fiber also helps to lower cholesterol levels.

  
       Almost everyone knows that oranges are a good source of vitamin C. The Florida orange growers won't let you forget. However, peaches are also high in vitamin C. Vitamin C is an antioxidant that helps fight cancer by improving the immune system and preventing cellular change.

Thanks to health food guide.com for this amazing information about peaches.

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How to Read and Understand Organic Food Labels

     Recently, I was shopping and found foods with several different organic labels on them and they looked very similar in quality and price.What is the difference between 100% organic and just organic on the label.I then searched for and found an article called Certified Organic Label Guide from Organic.org to teach me these differences so I know what I am buying.

This is what the article stated -

1. 100% Organic  Foods bearing this label are made with 100% organic ingredients* and may display the USDA Organic seal.
2. Organic  These products contain at least 95–99% organic ingredients (by weight). The remaining ingredients are not available organically but have been approved by the NOP. These products may display the USDA Organic seal.
3. Made With Organic Ingredients—Food packaging that reads “Made With Organic Ingredients” must contain 70–94% organic ingredients. These products will not bear the USDA Organic seal; instead, they may list up to three ingredients on the front of the packaging.
4. Other—Products with less than 70% organic ingredients may only list organic ingredients on the information panel of the packaging. These products will not bear the USDA Organic seal.
   
   
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