Fruits

One may choose from a long list of fruits. You should eat two to four servings daily of fruit. Please click on your favorite fruit to find its characteristics:

Bananas have the following characteristics:

• Long thick-skinned edible fruit
• Yellow in color when ripe
• Can be eaten with one's fingers or cooked, fried, or deep-fried
• Is the most well-known and eaten tropical fruit
• Contain all the 8 amino-acids our body cannot produce itself

Apples have the following characteristics:

• Round fruit
• Green, red, or yellow skin when ripe
• Contains a lot of fiber
• Most types of apples contain a lot of vitamin C

Peaches have the following characteristics:

• Round, juicy fruit with yellowish-red skin
• Must be picked ripe
• Can be kept 1-3 days
• Most peaches are peeled before eaten

Pears have the following characteristics:

• Sweet juicy yellor or green fruit with a rounded shape that becomes narrower toward the stalk
• Pears ripen best at room temperature
• Pears are good for the skin and contain plenty of fiber
• Pears are mostly eaten raw and taste great in desserts