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Top 5 Fruits for Your Diet
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Raspberries 8 g fiber
1 cup
Pears 5.5 g fiber
1 medium
Apples 4.4 g fiber
1 medium
Oranges 3.1 g fiber
1 medium
Bananas
3.1 g fiber
1 medium
Most fruits develop from a plant’s flower. There
are thousands of fruits. Most taste sweet, are low
in calories, and have virtually no fat. Fruits deliver
a combination of sugars—fructose, glucose and
sucrose—in varying proportions. Fructose is the
principal sugar and is the sweetest, although sucrose
(common table sugar) is the main sugar in fruits like
oranges, melons and peaches. The calorie content of
fruit is kept low by water, which makes up 80–95% of
most fruits and gives them their refreshing juiciness.
Ripeness is the key to good fruit. As fruit ripens,
its color changes, the vitamin content increases,
acidic content decreases and the starch changes to
sugar, giving fruit its mild, sweet flavor and aroma.
These changes are caused by enzymes that continue
to act on the fruit even after harvesting. Fruit has
excellent nutritional value and touches the human
spirit, fostering joy and happiness through rich
tastes and beautiful colors.
Honorable Mentions
Blackberries
Papaya
Kiwi
Blueberries
Strawberries
Guava
Mango
8.0 g fiber/1 cup
5.5 g fiber/1 medium
4.5 g fiber/2 medium
3.6 g fiber/1 cup
3.3 g fiber/1 cup
3.0 g fiber/1 medium
3.0 g fiber/1 cup