Fruit Juice Research Papers - Academia.edu (original) (raw)

Fruits, nuts, dried fruits, and fruit juice are important components for a balanced diet; it is an essential part of the staple diet. Due to their benefits for a healthy body and preventive effect of numerous diseases. Fruits contain different phytochemicals, dietary fiber, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, carotenoids, flavonoids, and other components. Furthermore, nuts and dry fruits considered a precious source of energy, antioxidants components, higher vitamins content, a source of numerous minerals. Daily fruits consume particularly, Date fruits, citrus fruit, pomegranate, and Cranberries, provide several advantages for the body and different metabolic processes in the human body. It plays an important role in the management of diabetes mellitus, delaying infection with chronic diseases, enhancing the performance of different systems and physiological processing, reducing harmful effects on human health, in addition, it provides nutritional ingredients such as vitamins, dietary fiber, carbohydrates, minerals …etc. Higher content of fruits particularly antioxidants plays an important role in altering the metabolic processing and detoxification of different diseases particularly carcinogens and reducing the growth of tumor cells. In addition to the effects as potent antioxidants and anti-inflammatory agents, which reduce risks of the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease by counteracting oxidative and inflammation hazards. Furthermore, there are important roles for bioactive components contents of fruits in keeping heart-healthy, preventing cardio-metabolic and non-communicable diseases through different mechanisms.