{"id":6126,"date":"2009-03-02T12:36:19","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T17:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=6126"},"modified":"2009-03-02T12:36:19","modified_gmt":"2009-03-02T17:36:19","slug":"kiwi-a-hidden-nutritional-gem-of-a-fruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/kiwi-a-hidden-nutritional-gem-of-a-fruit\/","title":{"rendered":"Kiwi: A Hidden Nutritional Gem of a Fruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy fruits and vegetables don&#8217;t have to be restricted to the standard fare we&#8217;re all used to. Take kiwi for example. When was last time you had this exotic little fruit? Never, you say?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6128\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/kiwi.jpg\" alt=\"kiwi\" width=\"233\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The green fruit with a fuzzy exterior packs a powerful nutritional punch. In fact, Rutgers University conducted a study of the 27 most popular fruits (can you name 27?), and they named kiwi the \u201cmost nutritionally dense\u201d among them.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the many benefits of kiwi:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> It gives you a full day\u2019s worth of vitamin C<\/li>\n<li>Contains potassium, which is good for protecting against high blood-pressure, among many other things<\/li>\n<li>Contains the antioxidant-rich vitamin E, and lutein, which helps promote good vision<\/li>\n<li>Like most fruits and vegetables, kiwi is a low-calorie treat, with a meager count of 50 calories each<\/li>\n<li>Has more fiber than apples and twice the amount of vitamin C as an orange<\/li>\n<li>A study found that kiwi can boost the natural defenses of your body, improve muscle performance and <a title=\"high fiber diet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/High_Fiber_Diet\/\" target=\"_self\">digestive health<\/a>, and reduce cell damage and inflammation<\/li>\n<li>Kiwi also helps reduce damage from free radicals, which can lead to long term diseases like cancer<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s great for protecting the body from winter colds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are plenty of ways you can <a title=\"kiwi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/fruit-trifle\/\" target=\"_self\">eat kiwi<\/a>: in <a title=\"fruit salad\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/recipes\/frozen-fruit-salad\/\" target=\"_self\">fruit salad<\/a>, as a yogurt topping, in chutney, and on its own like any other fruit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy fruits and vegetables don&#8217;t have to be restricted to the standard fare we&#8217;re all used to. Take kiwi for example. When was last time you had this exotic little fruit? Never, you say? The green fruit with a fuzzy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/kiwi-a-hidden-nutritional-gem-of-a-fruit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[861,342,1031,29],"class_list":["post-6126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-fruit","tag-health","tag-kiwi","tag-nutrition"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6126"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6175,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6126\/revisions\/6175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}