A Cool Fruit - The Ugli Fruit

Health Tip - The Ugli Fruit

The Ugli Fruit is a greenish-yellow color, odd shape, with pot-marks and discoloration.  The shape resembles a pear or an orange.

The name comes from its unusual rough and wrinkled yellow skin.

                                 

The Ugli Fruit is a citrus fruit that is a result of hybridization of a grapefruit, orange and tangerine.

Grown in Jamaica

The Ugli Fruit is bigger than a grapefruit.

 The taste is more like a lemon-tangerine

This fruit is very sweet, citrus flavor that can be peeled easily and is seedless.  A great snack or salad add on.

The Benefits of the Ugli Fruit:

• Loaded with Vitamin A & C
• Helps Promote Healthy Gums (rich in vitamin B to promote oral health)
• Helps Fight Cardio Vascular Disease
• Helps Heal and Promotes Gastrointestinal Health
• Helps Protect Against Kidney Stone Formation
• Bowel Maintence
• Anti-allergic
• Helps Manage Blood Pressure

Nutritional Value of the Ugli Fruit:

• Low Calories
• Carbohydrates
• Folic Acid
• Iron
• Calcium
• Protein
• Low Sugar
• No Fat
• No Cholesterol
• No Sodium
• Dietary Fiber

How to pick an Ugli Fruit:     

• Pick a Ugli Fruit that is heavy with no drying ends
• Should give in with a little pressure
• Look for minor dents or pot marks 

  

For more information go to http://www.ask.com/, http://www.fruitsinfo.com/, or http://www.101healthyrecipes.com/

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Doc V