About Vitamins, Minerals and Antioxidants

Vitamins we can store

• Vitamins A, D, E and B12 can be stored in the body for a considerable time;
• Stores protect the body against short-term shortages. Vitamin D, obtained from sunlight on the skin in summer, helps maintain the supply in the winter;
• Storage also means that body levels can build up and when eaten in animal foods, even moderately excessive amounts of vitamins A and D produce ill effects;
• Although the body also produces vitamin A from carotenes in vegetables and fruit, eating these in large amounts does not cause vitamin A excess, nor does an excess of vitamin D result from sunlight;
• In developed countries, shortages of fat – soluble vitamin A, D, E, (and K, which is little stored by the body) are mainly due to poor food choice, or vitamin D, lack of time spent outdoors;
• Some people are at risk because they absorb fat poorly, through illness or as a side effect of medication, such as cholesterol-lowering drugs or regular use of laxatives;
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Several health researches defend that fruit is the source of health and energy because fruit contains all the vital nutrients the human body requires to maintain it in a healthy and balanced state.

They explain that water is the most plentiful substance in the body. More than two-thirds of the body’s water content is found inside cells. The rest is found coursing through the body, carrying vital nutrients and blood cells. In addition water functions in chemical reactions, serves as a lubricant in joints, aids in maintaining body temperature, and serves as an insulator and shock absorber in body temperature.

They say that the body requires an intake of over two quarters of water every day to function optimally. About one quarter comes from the foods people eat. Not drinking enough liquids or eating enough high-water content foods puts a great deal of stress on the body. But people must be careful with water supply for many chemicals are added to water. The best way to take water is from FRUIT. It’s logical for the human body to consume food that contains as much water as the body itself.

Fruitarianism is a nutrition system and a life style.

The fruitarian diet consists of RAW fruit and seeds ONLY!

Examples of fruits are: Pineapple, mango, banana, avocado, apple, melon, orange, etc., all kinds of berries, and the vegetable fruits such as tomato, cucumber, olives; and dried fruits such as nuts, hazelnuts, cashews, chestnuts, etc.. And seeds including sprouted seeds.

Of all food stuff that human beings can eat, fruit is the most delicious to our taste, has the most pleasurable smell and the most beautiful shape with so many lively colors. Fruit is the only food stuff that can completely satisfy humans…everything else is incomplete…

Botanical: Pimento officinalis (LINDL.)

Family: N.O. Myrtaceae

Synonyms: Pimento. Jamaica Pepper.

Part Used: Fruit, particularly the shell.

Habitat: Pimento, or Jamaica Pepper, familiarly called Allspice, because it tastes like a combination of cloves, juniper berries, cinnamon and pepper, is the dried full-grown, but immature fruit of Pimento officinalis (Lindl.), or Eugenia Pimenta, an evergreen tree about 30 feet high, a member of the natural order Myrtaceae, indigenous to the West Indian Islands and South America, and extensively grown in Jamaica, where it flourishes best on limestone hills near the sea. In this country, it only grows as a stove plant.

Herbs and spices have been cultivated in gardens for thousands of years by people seeking their many beneficial properties. These versatile plants are a great addition to any gardeners' collection.

Medicinal herbs are a particularly popular application of natural herbs, but herbs can also make great ornamental plants. Herbs also tend to be small in size, making these plants great for indoor herb gardens and other places where planting and growing space is at a premium.