Oranges - one of the most delicious and favorite fruits

This is a rare case when a delicious food product not only not harmful, but also brings huge benefits to the human body.

In a medium-sized orange (weight 154 g) contained 130% of the daily requirements of a human body to vitamin C . Then the fruit of 80 kcal, and wherein it contains 0 grams of fat, 1 gram of protein, 14 grams of sugar and 3 grams of fiber Helpful .

Orange - a real "pantry" of useful trace elements: each contains about 250 mg of potassium (necessary for normal functioning of the heart), vitamins B1, B2, B6, vitamin PP, folic acid , as well as phosphorus, magnesium, selenium and copper.

All of these chemical compounds enhance immunity, so the flu season oranges can be a good way to prevent infection.

Also, there is evidence that the oranges and fresh orange juice in the diet of children up to 2 years significantly reduces the risk of developing leukemia.

However, as the researchers remind College of Medicine at Vanderbilt University (Vanderbilt Medical School), certain groups of people should be treated to oranges with great caution.

This applies primarily to varieties with dark orange colored peel and pulp.

The juice of oranges may contain chemical compound furanocoumarin that can disrupt the individual enzymes involved in digestion. Because of this, some medicines long cleaved in the gastro-intestinal tract, and their blood level increases sharply.

This can lead to very sad effects in people who are regularly forced to take drugs to lower blood pressure, certain drugs for the treatment of cancer and statins - a very common class of drugs for lowering "bad" cholesterol in the blood.