What are the Top Ten Best Fruits?!
I'm interested in knowing if you considered: Glycemic Index, Anti-Oxidant Content, Calories, "Sugar" Content, Vitamin Content or something else.
Not at all interested in how they taste... Or, what one's 'favorites' would be...
I'm thinking such a list based solely on Glycemic Index would be considerably different from one that is based on Calories, for example.
I'm even more interested in knowing if it is possible to construct a list of the Top Ten Best Fruits that would suit the health preferences of a majority of people.
I'd also prefer the list be based on what is available at Walmart, or the average supermarket in America. That takes in a lot of fruit since America's fruit comes from all over the world. This should not preclude a non-American from responding, at least I hope I haven't created that impression...
Thank you for your input...
Answers:
1. Blueberries - 13,427 total antioxidants per serving with 162 total antioxidants per calorie.
2. Cranberries - 8,983 total antioxidants per serving with 204 total antioxidants per calorie.
3. Blackberries - 7,701 total antioxidants per serving with 124 total antioxidants per calorie.
4. Raspberries - 6,058 total antioxidants per serving with 95 total antioxidants per calorie.
5. Strawberries - 5,938 total antioxidants per serving with 112 total antioxidants per calorie.
6. Apples - 5,900 total antioxidants per serving with 82 total antioxidants per calorie.
7. Cherries - 4,873 total antioxidants per serving with 54 total antioxidants per calorie.
8. Black plums - 4,844 total antioxidants per serving with 64 total antioxidants per calorie.
9. Avocados - 3,344 total antioxidants per serving with 12 total antioxidants per calorie.
10. Pears - 3,172 total antioxidants per serving with 33 total antioxidants per calorie.
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Health wise, it depends.
For a person severely lacking in iron, then raisins would be great for them.
However, to someone suffering from a lack of potassium, bananas would be the best fruit for them.
Dehydrated people should eat watermelon, as it's mainly water, whilst diabetics may prefer strawberries due to its low GI.
Constipated people need prunes and apples, whilst someone (like me) looking for taste, would go for kiwi and put pineapples on my pizza.
There is simply no such thing as a best fruit. Fruit is amazing, naturally grown in the way it is. There are so many different uses for fruits, they all have different qualities. And different people need or desire it for different things.
Thus, the 'best fruit' may only be based on an opinion unless a certain topic is specified :)
1) bananas
“easy to peel and I’m lasy”
2) watermelon
“LOVE WATERMELON”
“WTF! Watermelon is like the only real calm sweet fruit out there! Should be first. Bananas make your breath like doggy’s breath. :P”
3) strawberries
“Yummy!”
“is like the holy food”
4) oranges
“Nothing like a sweet orange slice!”
5) mango
“Mmmmmmm. Mango.”
heather
“LOVE MANGOS..
LMAO why are oranges ahead of mangos?”
6) apples
“wow!
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“god thank washington for all the apples!”
sports11
“braeburn all the way!”
pinkified
7) pineapple
“This fruit is so good, It is in its own show, Spongebob!”
gibsonrock53
“YUMMY,YUMMY IN MY TUMMY!”
8) grapes
“grapey.... =D”
“could eat about 3 packs of grapes in a day... love them”
Mongoose09
“I, love, GRAPESSSSS!”
9) cherries
“hi I love cherries”
toptens
“Life is a bowl of cherries!”
“sweet nice”
10) lemons
“There isn’t a food I eat without lemon”
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