What's Healthier - Fresh Fruits or Dried Fruits? Popular Debate Resolved

14.08.2024 10:46

It is traditionally believed that dried fruits are of enormous benefit to the human body.

Thus, in particular, this delicacy normalizes the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, in addition, it can be consumed by people with increased stomach acidity.

However, is this opinion true, and perhaps fresh fruits are actually healthier for humans?

The answer to this question is provided in the second part of our material.

This is worth remembering.

The fact is that dried fruits, as a result of heat treatment, can lose vitamin C, which is abundant in fresh fruits.

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That's why you almost never find dried oranges and tangerines on store shelves. Their nutritional value is reduced to zero as a result of drying.

Fresh fruits are also able to saturate the body with water due to the excess juice in them.

It is also important to remember that fresh fruit often has fewer calories than dried fruit, meaning that dried fruit is not suitable for people on a diet.

Margarita Sadkovskaya Author: Margarita Sadkovskaya Editor of Internet resources