There's so much to love about avocados but the short story is that ounce per ounce, they contain more beta carotene, vitamins and
minerals than any other fruit, plus higher levels of potassium than a banana.
Not exact matches
Nutritional highlights: Citrus
fruit is a whole lot more
than vitamin C. It's packed with
other vitamins and
minerals like Folate and Potassium and has antioxidant properties.
One
Other Fun Fact: One teaspoon of spirulina has higher amounts of antioxidants, enzymes, vitamins, and
minerals than 5 average servings of
fruits and vegetables!
It would be overkill to say that the carrot you eat today has very little nutrition in it — especially compared to some of the
other less healthy foods you likely also eat — but it is true that
fruits and vegetables grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and
minerals than the varieties most of us get today.
Grapefruit: one of the most hydrating
fruits in the world, half a grapefruit provides more
than half of your recommended daily intake of vitamin C, plus calcium, magnesium, Vitamin A and E and many
other minerals.
One
Other Fun Fact: One teaspoon of spirulina has higher amounts of antioxidants, enzymes, vitamins, and
minerals than 5 average servings of
fruits and vegetables!
Nutritional highlights: Citrus
fruit is a whole lot more
than vitamin C. It's packed with
other vitamins and
minerals like Folate and Potassium and has antioxidant properties.
On the
other hand, if you avoid healthy food choices such as
fruit due to the sugar content, you also miss out on thousands of vitamins,
minerals, and phytochemicals that don't exist in any tablet or pill on the market — and have documented health benefits rather
than risks!
I appreciate the natural whole foods used along with natural vitamins and
minerals derived from
fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds and
other natural food ingredients rather
than the potentially toxic synthetic forms of which most are sourced from China.
However,
other than being higher in sugar
than say vegetables,
fruits are healthy and packed full of vitamins and
minerals.