✅Helps protect eye health
✅Has a laxative action
✅Helps balance blood sugar levels
✅Supports healthy liver function
Plums, or gages, are members of the rose family and there are more than 2,000 varieties, including the greengage, Mirabelle, and damson.Plums have good antioxidant and detoxifying properties, are a metabolic stimulant, and contain chromium, potassium, selenium, and other minerals, as well as vitamin C and beta-carotene.Dried plums, or prunes, are a traditional treatment for constipation.
The most popular types of plums.
Purple Plums
Dark-skinned varieties with a red flesh are richer in beneficial antioxidants called anthocyanins than other varieties.
Greengages
Like all plums, greengages are rich in potassium, beta-carotene, and fiber.
Victoria plums
The antioxidants in these and other plums aid skin health.
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What is good for?
Protects eyesight
Its antioxidants can helps prevent age-related macular degeneration (a major cause of loss of vision).
Constipation
Rich in stool-bulking fibers, especially pectin, fructose, and sulfur, which help food to move effectively through the colon.Together with substances, such as sorbitol and isatin, these fibers are responsible for the fruits's well-known laxative effect.
Metabolic Stimulant
Contains useful amounts of calcium, potassium, magnesium, and the antioxidant beta-carotene.These nutrients help regulate heart rate, blood pressure, blood sugar levels, and water balance. Damsons in particular, are noted for their ability to stimulate appetite and digestion if eaten before a meal.
Detox
Can initiate detoxification and help improve liver function. As well as improving internal health, its detoxifying properties can help promote healthy skin.
How do i get the best from it?
Dried Fruit
Prunes are good way to reap the benefits of plums all year round.They contain both soluble and insoluble fiber, which help promote bowel regularity and balance blood sugar levels.
Keep the skin on
The skin is where most of its beneficial antioxidants concentrate.
How do i use it?
Bake them
Slice some plums and cherries in half, remove the pits, and bake in an oven preheated to 350°F (180 °C) until they are wrinkled. Eat them plain, or add some homemade honey before serving.
Sweeten a rice salad
Add chopped plums and pistachio nuts to a cold quinoa salad with celery or beets,dress with extra virgin olive oil and a fruit vinegar, such as blackberry or raspberry and by myself i'd love to add chia seeds on top of it.
