Usefulness and Benefits of Oranges / Citrus Fruits

Oranges / Citrus fruit is a fruit that is very popular throughout the world. To get it do not need to wait for the season, because citrus fruits are always there in every season.

Suitable also be healthy snacks, fruit tart and sweet taste is often used as the main ingredient in the recipe every variety of dishes. Even now, oranges juice is often used as part of an unforgettable main menu at breakfast.

Citrus fruit is available in two categories, sweet and sour or bitter. Typically, citrus with a smooth skin texture and a bit heavier have higher water content than the texture of the skin like a sponge and has a lighter weight, known as the fruit with flavors of fresh and nutritious. Beside rich in vitamins and minerals, citrus fruits also contain dietary fiber that are essential for normal body growth and development. With sweet and sour taste, citrus fruits can be consumed in various forms such as juice drinks.

Plants for citrus fruits are now becoming more widespread due to cultivation is not too difficult, it requires only soil fertility levels and adequate water content. Typically, the sweet oranges plants multiply by grafted or grafting, but it could be through the seeds.

The content of compounds in citrus fruits is vitamin C, potassium, and folid acid, may serve to inhibit cancer cells. In addition to fiber, yellow fruit also contains hesperidin which can reduce the risk of heart disease, preventing cholesterol, and lowers blood pressure. In a medium-size oranges / citrus fruit contained 16 grams of carbohydrate contains 70 calories. Carbohydrates are important as a source of energy for the body, especially for our brains.

The value of fiber in a citrus fruit is equivalent to 12 percent of the required per day. Function on the fibers is clearly very important as helping the digestive process. fibers in citrus fruits could help lower blood cholesterol levels and also reduce the risk of heart disease.

Other content in this fruit may affect the activity of the enzyme glutathione S-transferase (GTS), are useful for inhibiting the occurrence of cancer, in collaboration with limonoida compounds such as limonin and nomilin. GTS itself is a major enzyme detoxification system that can neutralize carcinogens.

Women are advised to consume this fruit because the content of lycopene in it can prevent breast cancer. For pregnant women, citrus fruits may reduce the risk of birth defects. As for the kids, the content of flavonoids in it may be immune cells and antibodies are useful for immunity to be not susceptible to flu and colds. Therefore, take frequent drink orange juice to give your child that vitamins are present in citrus fruit can be met. As information, not too often gives instant orange beverage packing boxes or sachets because they contain dyes and preservatives, if too often consumed in the long run will cause cancer cells.

Some of the functions and benefits of other citrus fruits such as:
* Can improve the network of skin cells die so good for the skin.
* If meat is eaten can reduce heartburn, heal gall disease, and hemorrhoids.
* Contain high levels of sugar and vitamin C are high that it can improve the defense in the body, heat treating, and curing canker sores.
* Based on research, consuming citrus fruits every day can reduce the risk of stroke by 19%.
* A source of functional enzyme pectin lowers LDL (bad cholesterol), reduce blood clots and reduce the risk of heart attack.
* If the orange seeds soaked in warm water and drink can be neutralized (poisons) that evil and deadly.
* When put on the dress, orange skin can prevent moth or tunggau (parasite), aroma can neutralize the dirty air. In addition, if retained in the mouth can scent or reduce bad breath odors. When used as a mixture of foods can help the digestive process.
* Juice from citrus fruit peel can be used as wound dressings. Besides the ashes of his skin is a good liniment for leprosy.
* Is a natural source of folic acid reduces the risk of pregnant women who gave birth to a baby with Down syndrome. Folic acid also helps prevent fatal diseases associated with age, such as heart disease and Alzheimer's.
* Orange juice useful to cure bleeding disorders due to hemorrhoids, cure fever, reducing blood acidity, facilitate the formation of urine, and regulate the discharge of bile.
* Sweet orange juice plus a little pepper and salt to be useful to treat gastrointestinal disorders. Meanwhile, the sweet orange juice plus a little salt and honey is nutritious overcome bronchitis, asthma, tuberculosis (TBC), and colds.
* Nutritious sweet orange peel softens the skin and repel black spots on the facial features, by way of boiled orange peel to the boil then strain and drink warm water in a glass per day conditions for 3 months.