Secret Superfood
Filed under: General Health, Nutrition
Apologies for the late blog everbody, back at it here with a good one. Today I wanted to discuss a fruit that is absolutely delicious, most people love, is available in any super market and is surprising healthy. Today I want to talk about Kiwi. Well technically Kiwifruit, but everyone just calls it Kiwi.
Why are Kiwi’s so incredible you ask? Loads of disease-fighting antioxidants and phytonutrients, along with plenty of vitamins and minerals. There was a study performed at Rutgers University to compare the nutritional value of 27 different fruits to see which provided the most nutrition per ounce. Amazingly, Kiwi was shown to be the most nutrient dense of all fruits tested. Gram for gram, Kiwi had twice the vitamin C of an orange, more fiber than apples, and more potassium than a banana. That right there is reason enough!
Kiwi has also shown a significant ability to reduce oxidative stress. Not only does Kiwi help prevent the damage to DNA, but it has also been shown to help repair damage that already occurred. Some of you may be skeptical and think you would need an exorbitant amount of Kiwi to do this, but the effects were seen when Kiwi was added to the diet in a normal amount, across a wide array of volunteers and in a very rapid fashion. Impressive. Most impressive.
Kiwi, the natural aspirin? Many people take a baby aspirin every day to help thin their blood and prevent heart attacks. Amazingly, Kiwi has also been shown to thin the blood without any of aspirin’s nasty side effects, including stomach pain, excessive bruising or bleeding, small breaks in the intestinal walls, and possible disruption of other medications. Kiwi has none of that.
In conclusion, eat some damn Kiwi. It is awesome for you, tastes phenomenal, and goes great with tons of other fruit. As a final touch, if you are willing to try it, the skins of Kiwi contain lots of beneficial enzymes, just make sure to clean it well. Enjoy!
Check out the BSP Training & Nutrition Newsletter!
You will get immediate access to:
- Weekly updates and exclusive content.
- The 20-page report "The Truth About Saturated Fat & Cholesterol."
- Become more awesome!
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by Brian St. Pierre
10 Comments
February 3rd, 2009 at 10:31 am
This is music to my kiwi loving ears.
February 3rd, 2009 at 11:54 am
Love me some Kiwi. Didn’t know about the enzymes in the skin, will give it a try.
February 5th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
Hey Bri!! So it’s been while since I’ve checked your website, so I figured I should check it out!! I just wanted to let you know that this particular blog excited me because I LOVE kiwi!! And of course I knew fruit was good for you, but to hear all this great stuff about kiwi made me excited cause I love it, and now I love it even more! Can’t say I’m tempted to eat the fuzzy brown skin, but I may try…. Keep in touch, and I”ll be checking this website more often, you have some GREAT stuff on here!
February 6th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
[...] the dough in my fridge goes bad), primal game-meat recipes, grocery shopping with Nate, kiwi the fruit, focus on fiber, better health via rasping (great gift idea *ahem*), the calendar of sabotage, some [...]
February 7th, 2009 at 7:35 am
Emily, SO glad you like it!! I will work hard to keep up my GREAT content!!
In all seriousness, you need to get mom to read it more often too. Talk to you soon.
February 11th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Nice work! Love the kiwi! A simple way is to just cut them in half and eat with a grapefruit spoon.
Would you agree that the more brightly colored fruits and veggies tend to pack more nutrients? Again, variety is always the best.
Rock on
Mike T Nelson
February 11th, 2009 at 10:03 pm
Mike,
I would agree that the more color the better, but you also have colorless veggies like onions and cauliflower that are tremendously beneficial. So eat them all!
May 15th, 2009 at 8:13 am
[...] that is finding them to be astoundingly potent. One example which I blogged about a while back is kiwifruit. Kiwifruit was compared to 27 other fruits and was found to be the most nutritionally dense of all [...]
September 1st, 2010 at 10:04 am
[...] Secret Superfood – This is a good one about a common fruit that may surprise you with its plethora of health benefits. Those of you taking baby aspirin for your heart should check this one out. [...]
November 17th, 2010 at 8:30 am
Fascinating! We started purchasing whole cows from the local farm last year, and it’s working out really well for us. We found a great website with lots of great dishes like this meat recipe to keep us going.