Tangerine

Tangerines are nutrtious fruits rich in vitamin C , low in calories and fats.& a good source of fiber and important minerals. Have a glimpse into the health benefits of tangerines.

Do you love to have fresh yummy tangerines? The fruit with sweet to tart taste grow on small trees or shrubs with spiny shoots and evergreen leaves. Tangerines have flowers too. Comparing with oranges, the skin of some varieties of tangerines tends to be loose and peels off more easily. Furthermore, the taste is sourer, or tart, than that of an orange.

 It is easy to recognize good quality tangerines. They will be firm to slightly hard, heavy for their size, and pebbly-skinned with no deep grooves & reddish-orange in color.

The tangerine are usually cultivated in tropical and subtropical areas. The tree is more tolerant to drought than the fruit. The tree is easily damaged by cold or winter.

Nutritional facts about tangerines

 These fruits are rich in vitamin C and low in calories and fats. It also a good source of fiber and minerals such as sodium, potassium , calcium and magnesium also. Therefore, tangerines can be a good addition to your healthy diet plan.

Tangerines also contain antioxidants flavonoids and phenolics. Antioxidants can protect your body against free radicals and many serious illnesses.

Health benefits of Tangerines

• Antioxidants to prevent free radical damage to cells

Tangerines are rich source of vitamin C antioxidant and several other antioxidants which fights against free radicals induced oxidative stress to your body. It is very notorious that free radicals are the morbidity causing agents . They are generated by human body as byproducts of metabolism and a few free radicals reach human body from exposure to environmental toxins. Tangerine antioxidants are potent enough to manage oxidative stress occuring to body. Oxidative stress induced by free radicals is the major cause of many grave chronic diseases.

• Anti-inflammatory properties

Tangerines are rich sources of vitamin C and hence protect the body against infections as well as inflammations.

• Anti-aging properties

  The antioxidants can delay the signs of ageing preventing oxidative stress to cells on the skin and vital organs caused by the free radicals. Antioxidants, particularly vitamin C helps to boost collagen and reduce fine lines and wrinkleson skin

• Delays age related degeneration

 The vitamins in this fruit prevents age related degenerative changes to skin and vital organs.

• Antidiabetic properties

Tangerines can reduce blood sugar levels if consumed in moderate levels.

• Boosts immunity

Tangerines are rich in vitamin C and A and therefore helps to boost immunity.

• Improves digestion

Fibers in tangerines help to improve digestion

• Boosts heart health

Tangerines contain nobiletin antioxidants that helps to improve cardiac function.