Top Ten Alkaline Fruits & Their Health Benefits

 The alkaline foods are always having low in fat and calories, easy to digest with numbers of health benefits. The fruits which are alkaline in nature must necessarily be the part of our daily diet for better health. 

                                 Red Grapes

Health Benefits of Alkaline Diet :- Before going to the benefits of alkaline foods we must understand that, what is alkaline foods?  For this we must know the types of  foods. 

When we divide the categories of food  , we place it in three groups

1. Acidic Group  :- It is a group which includes those foods ,which when digested leaves behind the  acid ash residues . The acid ash residues are major cause of stomach distress. 

This group includes the food like meat, fish, poultry, dairy products, eggs and alcohol etc. 

2.  Alkaline Group :-  It is a group which includes those foods, which when digested leaves behind the alkaline ash residues.  This group includes the fruits like grapes, mangoes, apple, pears, guava, banana and many more fruits, vegetables and legumes etc. which are beneficial for over all wellness of health. 

3. Neutral Group :- This group includes natural fats, starches and sugar etc. 

Now we have a knowledge about the groups of food, then the question is which group we should include in our daily intake? 

The answer to this question as per experts advice is that any single group can't support our body system. So our food plate must have the foods from all the above groups but in right proportion suitable for our body system. Which in other words we should have a balanced diet. 

So to select the right proportion for blending from all food groups we must understand  our gastrointestinal system. 

When we eat  , the  meals undergo through gut and our gastrointestinal system secretes gastric acid, which helps in the breaking down the meal, all this process support our digestive system.  During this process the gut has to maintain a pH balance between 2 to 3.5 which highly acidic but for the smooth functioning of our digestive system it essentially required.  But when the blend of food proportion in our plate gets imbalanced and proportion of unhealthy foods which are acidic like French fries, Pizza, Samosa, Kurkure  , burger, meat,eggs and other similar foods goes high the acidic level in our body gets eccentric causing acidity and other gastric problems. 

Necessity of Alkaline Foods :-  

Now the question arises that what is the necessity of alkaline foods?  The answer in simple words is that when the volume of acidic foods go high in our dish it causes health problems, hence to rectify our food dish, it requires addition of alkaline foods. 

So to balance this acidic level in our body we have to add alkaline foods in our dish and reduce the volume of acidic foods. Here lies the importance of alkaline foods. 

Other Health Benefits of Alkaline Foods :-  The alkaline foods have numbers of health benefits because the alkaline foods are low in fat and calories. Some health benefits are given as under :- 

1. Have a Complete Check on Weight :-  As the alkaline diet has low calorie and low fat content  so helps in reducing body weight. We must include alkaline fruits in our daily intake to manage our body weight. 

2. Reduce The Risk of Cancer :-     The study has shown that eating more fruits, vegetables and whole grains like Millets  has a significant role in preventing cancer and also other diseases. Because the fruits and vegetables including millets have plenty of vitamin C, A and fiber thus helpful in reducing the risk of cancer. 

3. Improves Heart Health :-  Our life style, wrong food habits and poor activity level are the reasons of heart disease. So taking a balanced diet having good amount of alkaline fruits which always balance our body's digestive system improves our heart health. So we must include alkaline fruits and vegetables in our daily intake. 

4. Beneficial to Kidney Health  :- When we take an acidic diet rich in red meat and poultry products then it is harmful to our kidney health. For the people who have kidney disease a low acid diet is preferred which may improve the symptoms and slow down the course of disease. So the people with kidney disease must avoid acidic foods and must take alkaline fruits such as apple, pear, papaya ,apricot and alkaline vegetables in their daily intake in proper proportion. 

5. Improve Growth Hormone Levels :-   As per evidences the growth hormone improves over all quality of life. Since alkaline fruits and vegetables are good for healthy heart, so healthy heart is a better indicator of higher growth hormone levels. Thus the balanced diet rich in alkaline fruits and vegetables raise the growth hormone levels. So we must include these fruits and vegetables in our daily intake. 

6.  Improve Muscle Health :-   As per study the diet rich in alkaline fruits and vegetables may improve muscle health as this is easy to digest and produces healthy enzymes.  Such balanced diet also good for bone health thus creates resistance against osteoporosis. 

So now let's come to the list of such fruits which can add alkalinity in our dish. 

1 Mangoes :-

 Mango is a king of fruits rich in Vitamin C and A and fiber with other minerals , we must enjoy for better health benefits. 

                   Mangoes are good for health

2 . Grapes :- 

 Grapes are an excellent source of Vitamin K  , Vitamin C and manganese with other minerals good for weight management and other health benefits. 

                               Black Grapes

 3. Apricot :-  

 

 

  Apricot is also a good source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C and B-6 with small amounts of other minerals having  good for kidney health. 

 

4.  Apple :-  

 

Apple is a good source of fiber, Vitamin C and other antioxidants and is best for kidney and heart health. We must include this fruit in our dietary intake keeping in view it's numerous health benefits. 

5. Papaya :- 

 Papaya is an alkaline fruits rich in Vitamin C, Vitamin  A, Vitamin B -9 potassium and carbohydrates and is good for heart and kidney health. 

 

                                 Papaya fruit 

6. Pear :-

 

Pears are good source of Vitamin C, Vitamin K, copper and folate including other minerals is best for diabetes, heart, kidney health. It also helps in preventing cancer. 

7. Blue berries & Strawberry :- 

 Blue berries and strawberry are good source of Vitamin C, iron, dietary fiber and little amount of other minerals and is good for health. 

8.  Orange :-  Orange is a best source of Vitamin C, Vitamin A and Vitamin B-6. 

  It is very much helpful in making our dish  to balance the acidic levels thus making body resistant to fight against diseases. 

 9. Banana :- This fruit is a good source of Vitamin B-6, Vitamin C, potassium, magnesium  , iron  and Vitamin A  with other minerals. 

 10 . Guava :-  

  

Guava fruits are rich in Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin B-6, dietary fiber with small amounts of magnesium iron and calcium, helps in digestion .

So these are the top ten alkaline fruits which have the power to balance the acidic levels of our food plate and are capable of making us strong with good immunity. We all must add the considerable quantity of such fruits in our daily intake.