UPPER FOODS FOR IMMUNE: ORANGE FRUITS PUT YOU IN THE PINK OF HEALTH
Here are three foods you may not have thought were Super Foods: cantaloupes, papayas and peaches. These orange fruits contain large amounts of beta carotene; cantaloupes and papayas also contain quite a bit of vitamin C.
Nutrient
Cantaloupe
Papaya
Peaches
(per 1\2 oz)
(raw)
(raw)
(raw)
Beta Carotene
3,400.0 IU
1,750.0 IU
1,330.0 IU
Vitamin C
33.0 mg
56.0 mg
7.0 mg
Calcium
14.0 mg
20.0 mg
9.0 mg
Phosphorus
16.0 mg
16.0 mg
19.0 mg
Iron
.4 mg
.3 mg
.5 mg
Sodium
12.0 mg
3.0 mg
1.0 mg
Potassium
251.0 mg
234.0 mg
202.0 mg
Vitamin B2
.04 mg
.04 mg
.02 mg
Vitamin B2
.03 mg
.04 mg
.05 mg
Vitamin B3
.6 mg
.3 mg
1.0 mg
Papayas should be eaten when they’re soft but still firm. And cantaloupes should be eaten plain, without sugar. “But it won’t taste sweet without the sugar, Dr. Fox,” some of my patients have complained. We’ve gotten so used to dumping sugar on everything that we don’t realize how sweet some foods naturally are. So leave the sugar off. Your taste buds will tell you what a sweet-tasting melon it is all by itself.
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