Oranges (Citrus sinensis)

Orange (Citrus sinensis)

        Orange is a tree of the family Rutacea. Oranges can live more than 100 years. Oranges are a subtropical plant. The fruit is tasty and juicy just like the orange juice we love so much. Obtained from the bark essential Orange oil. Orange is an evergreen tree from Southeast Asia, the genus Citrus. Cultivated in widespread regions with warm climates. Harbors in the Mediterranean countries, South Africa, California. It has fragrant white flowers and round fruit with a yellowish and reddish bark and pulp content is divided into slices. Among these, the C. sinensis, the sweet orange, and C. aurantium, Seville or sour orange. This fruit has a sweet, tangy juice.

        With a lot more benefits than you may know, oranges are the real stars of healthy eating. Oranges help your heart beating in perfect rhythm. Special cardio-protection comes from two ingredients, hesperidin and naringin. Studies have shown that these two ingredients in oranges may reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke by raising good cholesterol levels, while simultaneously reducing the risk of high blood pressure. Oranges help fight sunburn. Orange peel is full of the protective factors phytonutrient d-limonene. If every week eaten by one of the orange peel, greatly reduces the risk of skin cancer. For an even better effect, eat an orange in combination with hot black tea.

Orange (Citrus sinensis)

        Orange, lemon and tangerine can slow the signs of aging. Vitamin C in oranges may neutralize harmful radicals and prevent them from damaging cells and even help prevent cancer. Italian scientists have found that people who drank the orange juice had significantly less damage to the body from harmful radicals from the second group, who had been drinking vitamin C in vitamin form. Oranges can help you breathe easier. Oranges are rich in antioxidant beta-cryptoxanthin (the pigment that gives oranges gloss paint). During the research it has been proven that this ingredient helps with lung cancer, even in smokers. Studies have shown that vitamin C in oranges protects sperm in men and prevents genetic damage that can lead to birth defects in newborns. No orange flavor but did look familiar. Among European kings and nobility, some 500 years ago, it was fashionable to have a top orange trees.

         In Nepal, the orange is eaten whole, together with the bark. Tables in Afghanistan can not be imagined without this juicy fruit. In addition to being eaten as an appetizer, orange juice serves as a topping for many stews and meat, how to improve taste and aroma of food, and partly because of better digestion of food.

Orange (Citrus sinensis)

         In the island of Jamaica orange juice is used, except for eating and drinking , and as a means to clean floors and disinfect them. A favorite dessert Swiss slices of orange topped with fresh cream. Youngsters in England along with every piece of candy and eat oranges.

         There are hundreds of varieties of oranges, and their taste and aroma depend not only on the region where they grow, but also by the world of the field to the plant stem. As a rule, this is done on the eastern slopes. Color orange peel has no connection with the color and taste of the fruit. Bright red bark is not a sign that the fruit is sweet, as is commonly thought.

         It sounds incredible, but the U.S. is one of the world's largest orange growers: the sunny plantations are harvested annually with 25 billion fruit trees of this fruit. The world is grown hundreds of varieties of citrus, and you are wrong if you think that trees bearing fruit only in the summer months. The Valencia harvest months are in the spring, and in the vicinity of Washington are ready for harvest in winter.

       Since time immemorial, orange juice served to cleanse the body, to the right of the poison, and the excessive amount of food that is disturbed digestion. Oranges contain vitamin C, an essential oil, bitter acid, tannin, potassium, hesperidin, glikozin bitter, crystalline glycoside. From acid: malic and citric acid, followed by pectin, mucilage, etc. Nutrition data for one orange is about 100 calories. In people with diabetes, good will come every morning to drink a glass of juice from the lemon, orange and grapefruit because it enhances the exchange of matter and regulates digestion. Works well in arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure. Orange peel is used for nurturing breast. She added: soybean oil, honey, propolis and other substances.

Orange (Citrus sinensis)

        Australian scientists have discovered that orange, with a refreshing and vitamin status, can be an effective protection against some cancers. Eat at least one orange a day can be a successful protection at high risk of some cancers - researchers have discovered who did the research in the laboratories of the Organization for the Commonwealth Scientific Research Organization (CSIRO) in Australia. According to the results of their research, the consumption of citrus fruits, especially oranges, can be reduced by 50 percent the risk of developing cancer of mouth, throat, vocal cord and digestive organs.

         One fruit from among the citrus fruit trees, in addition to the five recommended and  regular meals with fruits and vegetables during the day, also has a 19 percent reduced risk of heart attack or stroke. The Australian study, based on 48 international studies on the medicinal properties of citrus, also came to the "compelling evidence" that citrus reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, excessive obesity and diabetes.

         Professor Begharst stressed that oranges have the highest antioxidants of all fruit, with more than 170 different fitochemical ingredients, including more than 60 flavonoids which have been shown to possess anti-inflammatory, anti-cancerous and ingredients that inhibit the formation of blood clots in blood vessels which can lead to heart attack and stroke.

        How to buy real orange. Choose smaller, firmer orange, with thinner skin, which appear to be heavier than their size. They are usually the sweetest and juiciest. Oranges are a bit greenish? As long as they bark smooth, you have nothing to worry about. When you bring home purchased fruit, leave it at room temperature for about a week or put them in the refrigerator for not too low temperatures. There they can stand up to two weeks. Some types of oranges are:PUMMELOTaste: Slightly sweeter than the nearest relative of a grapefruit.Pretty fact: Bigger than other citrus fruits, this green giant can be used to grow up to the size of watermelons.Why you should try: Pummelos is a great diet food, rich in water and fiber, which will help you feel the screen after you take them.MOROTaste: Like orange juice with added raspberry.Pretty fact: Moro carry nickname "bloody oranges" because their red pigment.Why you should try: Moro relieves headaches and muscle pain. In them, there is a large quantity of an ingredient called anthocyanins, which helps the body to fight against toxins and inflammation.CLEMENTINETaste: A mix of apricot and tangerinePretty fact: Clementine the unwanted child resulted from accidental love oranges and tangerines.Why you should try it: Because they are small and seedless, Clementine had easy meal with lots of vitamins.CARA CARA RED NAVELTaste: Fresh cherries with a hint of cranberry.Pretty fact: Cara Cara were named after the eponymous tree that beautiful blooms.Why try them: Cara Cara is a multivitamin fruit, packed with vitamin C and lycopene, which is used in the fight against cancer, and vitamin A, which serves healthier skin and good vision.OROBLANCOTaste: Like grapefruit, only slightly sweeter taste, without the harsh taste in the mouth after eating.Pretty fact: There is no need to peel the orange. Green bark means that the fruit is ready to eat.Why try them: Because that would enhance your exercise. Oroblanco are full of vitamins that help with muscle development, maintenance of a healthy nervous system, and maintaining fitness.MINNEOLA TANGELO
 Taste: At first, obscene, sweet and sour taste great, Nicholas Richie among citrus.Pretty fact: Tangelos peel easily, which further extend the theory that Nicholas Richie among oranges.Why try them: they help in the treatment of headaches. They help your body to cleanse itself of a substance called homocysteine, which clog arteries and reduce the risk of cardio-vascular diseases.

Orange (Citrus sinensis)