Your favourite fruits are in season but do you know their health benefits?

It’s that time of the year again when we start seeing all our favorite fruits everywhere and we are simply giddy with joy.

Is this you when Agbalumo comes out or Nah?

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Most of these fruits have immense health benefits and we want you to know what they are so you can enjoy the fruits even more whenever you take them.

1. Agbalumo or Udara
   

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   Did you know the real name of this fruit is the African Star Apple or the White Star Apple; It is locally referred to as Agbalumo (Yoruba language) or Udara (Igbo language).  Agbalumo is a very healthy fruit due to its low-calorie content, high fibre content and a large amount of ascorbic acid (Vitamin.C). All these help with weight loss and makes the body generally healthier!

2. Avocado

   Avocados are one of the healthiest fruits around, they contain close to 20 vitamins and minerals and they’re the only fruits that are high in healthy monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA). The health benefits of avocados are so much, we had to write a special article about it, read here.

3. Soursop Have you been seeing a green fruit with spikes or thorns around it around? It looks like an avocado with spikes, yes, that is a soursop and it is a very sweet and healthy fruit. It is usually sold by people selling avocados and other tropical fruits, and it’s so healthy, scientists are making research on how they can use some of its substances to combat cancer. The fruit’s flesh is so sweet, it’s used in several beverages, ice creams, and some foods. Soursop has lots of vitamin C and several B vitamins such as thiamin, riboflavin, and niacin, along with calcium, phosphorus and a small amount of iron. Its fruit and leaves are used to calm stomach distress, fever, parasitic infections, cough, asthma, hypertension and rheumatism, its also works well as a sedative. It is advisable to not eat the soursop in excess as that could be detrimental to the health.