Excite your palate with an anti-oxidant salad
FOOD Enjoy a healthy salad this winter with a
note of sweetness as well
Aparajitha
Bukkapatanam
This winter, go for something simple and
delicious and enjoy the comfort of making an anti-oxidant salad at home.
Anti-oxidants have been proved to be one of the major constituents to nourish
your health and in maintaining your immune system perfectly. Let it be fruits
or vegetables, anti-oxidants share the same characteristics of developing our
immune system and to avoid diseases. Anti-oxidants play a major role in
stopping the multiple growing of free radicals, which are capable of destroying
your immune system causing serious health problems like cancer, brain
dysfunction and heart disease. Hence, it’s necessary to have a proper intake of
anti-oxidants and to be healthy and fit.
To
do so, here is a simple anti-oxidant salad, which can be made in any season, to
avoid the diseases. An amalgamation of pomegranates, grapes, mango or
pineapples with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice is one of the best ways to enjoy
the healthiness of the fruits as well as the zest of the lemon juice over the
salad. Pomegranates are a rich source of Vitamin C, having a rich collection of
flavonoids and potassium. Grapes, which is everyone’s favourite fruit, is also
helpful in avoiding the heart diseases and Alzheimer’s disease, as they have a
rich source of Vitamin A, Vitamin C and carotenes. Speaking of pineapples, they
are seasonal fruits, having excessive amount of Vitamin C and smaller amount of
Vitamin A. They also have abundant b-complex vitamins like folates, thiamine,
riboflavin and minerals like copper, manganese and potassium, which help in controlling
heart rate and blood pressure.
Mango, being the King of Fruits, also adds
a good taste to the salad, which is rich in beta-carotene, alpha-carotene,
Vitamin A and C and potassium, which mainly look into curing heart diseases. Finally,
the zest of lemon juice, which adds to the taste as well as the nutritional
aspect, is important, as Lemon juice has a sum total of various elements like
Vitamin B, C, phosphorus, proteins and flavonoids, which hold anti-oxidant and
anti-cancer properties.
Lastly,
for chocolate lovers, the combination of your favourite chocolate along with
the salad is always the best option to go for. Chocolates are rich in
polyphenols, which contain flavonoids, to control the blood’s ability to clot,
thus avoiding serious heart attacks and strokes. So, go for an anti-oxidant
salad and enjoy the experience of having a nutritional salad and remain hale
and hearty.
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