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The U.S. government recommends that adults eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day, including two or more servings of fruits and three or more servings of vegetables.
We all know that eating fresh fruits is very healthy.
But are there any health benefits to eating dried fruits?
Dried fruit is well packed with vital vitamins and minerals such as vitamin C, vitamin A, B6, potassium and magnesium. Dried fruits are high in dietary fiber that aid against corpulence, high blood pressure and factors that contribute to the chance for heart disease. The benefits of dried fruit are plentiful.
Some research has shown dried fruits to be as much as four times higher in antioxidants than their fresh counterparts.
For example, did you know that 5 pounds of fresh apricots produce only one pound of dried apricots? For this reason, dried apricots carry a much higher concentration level of nutrients than any other forms.
Are dried fruits more chalorically dense than their fresh counterparts?
There are two reasons why dried fruit may have more calories and sugar than fresh fruit. First, sometimes sugar is added to dried fruits such as cranberries. Since cranberries are so tart, very few people would eat this without the added sugar, but of course the added sugar adds calories.
The more common reason that dried fruits will usually have more calories and sugar is because the dehydration process rives so much of the water normally found in the fruit. A handful of raisins is the calorie equivalent of a pound of grapes.
To sum things up, both dried and fresh fruit have nutritional benefits.
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