Healthy Life by Improving The Quality of Your Health

Healthy life is everyone's dream, but there are still many among us who are less health conscious. And there are many people who have no knowledge of how to improve health.

Good nutrition is one of the factors that can improve the quality of your health. You can improve your nutrition by regularly eating foods that have a lot of vitamins and minerals in them, such as fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-or nonfat milk.


Fruits have very many nutrients needed by the human body. In general, fruits rich in vitamin C, vitamin is water soluble so that when the vitamin is consumed than needed, the excess is removed in the urine. Because it is not stored in the body, vitamin C should be consumed every day. The dose needed for the average adult is 60-90 mg / day. But it could be more depending on the person's body and endurance. Lack of vitamins can cause bleeding gums, canker sores, muscle pain or neurological disorders.

Further deficiency causes anemia, frequent infections and rough skin. While excess vitamin C can cause diarrhea. As a result of excess vitamin C supplement use for a long time can cause kidney stones, whereas when excess vitamin C from fruits generally do not cause side effects.

Foods that contain vitamin C are generally fruits and vegetables. Fruits that contain vitamin C are not always yellow, as the guava is a fruit with the highest vitamin C content that we consume. In fact, in several pieces, the skin contains vitamin C higher than its contents. For example, in the skin of apples and oranges, although not all are edible rind.

To determine the amount of vitamin C in fruit, here is a table of content of the fruits that we commonly encounter in 100 grams.

  • Guava 183
  • Kiwi 100
  •  Litchi 84
  • Papaya 62
  • Oranges 53
  • Melon 42
  • Grapse 34
  • Mandarin Orange 31
  • Breadfruit 29
  • Mango 28
  • Pineapple 15 
  •  Bananas 9
  • Avocado 8
In relation to the many nutritional benefits of fruits as well as for the health of our bodies, let us maintain a healthy body by eating these fruits are sufficient to meet the nutritional needs of our bodies so that we can achieve a healthy life.

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