Passion fruit and its sweet healing power
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Passion fruit is a delicious, sweet, tropical fruit. He was already known to the Aztecs. In the Netherlands it is a relatively expensive fruit, but in the tropics you can be lucky to see the climbing plant in the wild and pick it for free. Passion fruits are small and round. You cut them in half so that you can eat them with a small spoon. The pulp is nice and sweet, yet fresh. You eat many small seeds with it, but you don't pay any attention to that, the fruit tastes that good.
Granadilla
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In English and Spanish speaking countries this fruit is called granadilla. In total there are more than 200 kinds of passion fruit. The species have different colored fruits. There are purple, green and yellow colored passion fruit. In the Netherlands
Active ingredients in passion fruit
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Passion fruit is packed to the brim with vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and amino acids. There is a very rich source of vitamins A, C and the mineral potassium. Besides potassium there is a reasonable amount of iron, copper, magnesium and phosphorus
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Passion fruit in food and drink
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You can make fresh passion fruit juice by mixing the pulp of 3 to 4 fruits in a blender and adding a cup of water. The passion fruit is a nice addition to a fruit smoothie with banana, apple and lemon
Passion fruit fibers
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The healing powers of fibers are known to most. There is a fair amount of fiber in the passion fruit. The passion fruit is not alone in that; almost every fruit contains fiber. These fruit fibers are indigestible but good for digestion. They stimulate intestinal peristalsis. These are the movements intestines make to push food further. Passion fruit prevents constipation in this way. People who suffer from this in the tropics do well to eat a passion fruit before and after a meal. That is not a punishment because the passion fruit has a uniquely delicious taste.
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The healing power of fibers are known to most. There is a fair amount of fiber in the passion fruit. The passion fruit is not alone in that; almost every fruit contains fiber. These fruit fibers are indigestible but good for digestion. They stimulate intestinal peristalsis. These are the movements intestines make to push food further. Passion fruit prevents constipation in this way. People who suffer from this in the tropics do well to eat a passion fruit before and after a meal. That is not a punishment because the passion fruit has a uniquely delicious taste.