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Apples are very popular here at nudie world because they are just nice,
friendly guys. (In other words, apples get on well with every nudie fruit and
vegetable, and that’s why you can find them in lots of nudies!) Apples are
also a good source of vitamins C and A, and are high in fibre. They are
relatively low in kilojoules. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
expert friends * |
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Pectin is the form of fibre found in apples, and it helps with digestion
and waste elimination. |
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Apples were once believed to be the most nutritious of fruits, giving
rise to the saying that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. |
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"An apple is an excellent thing – until you have tried a peach."
George du Maurier (1834-1896)
Thanks George. We won’t be passing this quote on to the apples, even though we know your heart’s in the right place. |
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| | | Hold onto your hats —
here’s what bananas have to offer: They’re extremely nutritious being high in
potassium, riboflavin, niacin and dietary fibre. They also contain Vitamins A
& C and some calcium and iron. Phew! |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
expert friends * |
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Bananas are a high-energy food (a bit like a ‘meal on the run’ due to their
high carbohydrate (sugar) content). Bananas are great for growing kids and
athletes. |
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The banana plant is actually an enormous herb and can grow to over 3.6m long.
The bananas actually grow upwards! |
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A banana lounge is a very relaxing outdoor chair and helps create an
atmosphere of holiday-calm around any poolside area. |
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| | | Alexander the
Great was said to have enjoyed Bananas on his journeys through India. |
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| blackberry |
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| | | A cousin* of the blueberry and raspberry, on their mother’s side, once removed. |
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Blackberries are a little powerhouse fruit. Blackberries are an excellent
source of iron, Vitamins C and E and fibre. They are high in carbohydrate
and a good source of Magnesium too. |
| | | *You can’t choose your relatives. That’s life, we’re afraid. But what that does mean is that all the good stuff you find in blueberries and raspberries can also be found in blackberries. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
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| | | The ancient
Greeks prized these little fruits as much for their medicinal properties of
their leaves as for their fruit. |
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| | | Blackberries
are native to Britain and North America. |
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are member of the rose family. |
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the dark and mysterious blueberry? Lots and lots of good stuff! Blueberries
are a very good source of vitamin C, dietary fibre, and iron. Packed with
antioxidant phyto-nutrients (plant nutrients) called anthocyanins, which
neutralize free radical damage to cells and tissues (there are those free
radicals again! Just goes to show, you never know when they’re going to
strike). |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
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Blueberries are bursting* with nutrients and flavour yet very low in
calories. |
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| | | *When it comes to the blueberries in nudies, we do the bursting for you. |
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| carrot |
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you see in the dark? We’re not sure. But we do know that carrots are an
excellent source of vitamin K and A. Carrots are by far the highest beta
carotene source of any vegetable. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
expert friends * |
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Carrots are an excellent source of antioxidants. |
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One of the richest sources of beta carotene (that’s a potent antioxidant) |
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| | | Carrots are native to
Afghanistan. Wow they have travelled a long way! |
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found in red, black, yellow, white and purple varieties – everything but
orange! It was the Dutch who developed the orange carrot, and the French who
most likely developed the elongated carrot, ancestor of the ones we eat
today. (Don’t ask us why it was probably the French. Maybe they like their
vegetables long and skinny. French fries, anyone?) |
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| | | Coconut is a rich
energy food and contains some fat.
Warning: if you’re on the beach during summer and you catch the scent of
someone covered in coconut oil, walking over and licking their skin may be
hazardous to your health. Especially if they have big muscles. |
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| | | About 10 million families make their living from growing coconuts - about 8 million of these are in Asia. |
| | | Coconut juice or coconut
water is the liquid inside a coconut; coconut milk is produced by steeping
grated coconut in hot water then straining; coconut cream is coconut milk
cooked down until it thickens, or grated coconut steeped in hot milk instead
of water. |
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| cranberry |
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These little red fruits are high in vitamin C and dietary fibre and are a
good source of Iron. |
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Cranberries are pretty low in kilojoules because they are pretty low in fruit
sugar – that’s why we mix them with other fruits to make them even more
delicious. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
expert friends * |
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Cranberries have been valued for years for their ability to reduce the
risk of urinary tract infections. |
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Cranberries were also considered good for the prevention of scurvy. |
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Good, ripe cranberries will bounce. |
| | | Good, ripe cranberries will bounce. ‘Bounceberry’ is another name for them. If you’d like to help us get a petition going to change the name of cranberries to bounceberries, send an email to bounceberry@nudie.com.au and we’ll see what we can do. |
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| ginger |
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| | | Ginger could very
well be the ugliest ingredient in nudies. Even more reason to love it, we
say. Ginger doesn’t try to be something it’s not – ginger, like nudies, is
nude, naked, as nature intended. Underneath that weird, knobbly exterior are
some very important nutrients: ginger contains vitamin E, B6, Iron,
Magnesium, potassium and selenium. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
expert friends * |
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Historically, ginger has a long tradition in ancient cultures of being very
effective in alleviating symptoms of gastrointestinal disturbances. (We like
to think of ginger as the Gastrointestinal Cop. When you’ve got a disturbance
in the neighbourhood late at night, trust ginger to sort it out). |
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In herbal medicine, ginger is regarded as an excellent carminative (a
substance which promotes the elimination of intestinal gas) and an anti-spasmotic
(relaxes and soothes the intestinal tract). Ginger, we love you! We think
ginger should be compulsory food for everyone who has to use crowded lifts in
the course of their working day. It would make the world a happier place. |
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honey |
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| | | Honey is a good source of vitamin B2, vitamin B6, iron and manganese. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
expert friends * |
| | | Honey is known as nature’s sweetener. |
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Research is indicating that honey’s unique composition makes it useful as an
antimicrobial agent and antioxidant – that’s a bit like a secret agent who
fights nasty things. |
| | | Honey is a great energy source. |
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| | | In ancient Egypt, citizens paid their taxes with honey. It was quite a sticky operation, but those tax collectors sure had lots of energy. |
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The popular and varied uses of honey as a medicine in ancient Egypt can be
seen in Egyptian medical texts dating back to about 2,500 B.C. In these
texts, honey is listed in hundreds of remedies. |
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Kiwi Fruit |
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Formerly known as Chinese Gooseberries in recognition of the fact that they
originated from the Yangtze Valley. The fruit gets its name from a marketing
strategy, naming it after the kiwi, the national bird of New Zealand, where
the fruit was first commercially popularised. |
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Contain twice the Vitamin C content of oranges. |
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Raw kiwifruit is also rich in the protein-dissolving enzyme actinidin, which
is useful as a meat tenderizer. |
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It’s also green (on the inside). |
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Lychee |
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The lychee is pretty high in vitamin C, but fundamentally lychees just taste
so good. The Lychee comes originally from China where it has been cuitivated
since about the 1700s and were introduced to Australia by the Chinese
Goldminers in the rushes of the 1870’s. Lychees are now grown throughout
south east Asia. The lychee is related to both the Rambutan and Logan – in
fact there is a very succinct Asian description: The Rambutan is a long
haired old man, the lychee is closely cropped and the logan is shaved like a
Buddhist monk!!! |
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Lemon |
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Lemon is a good source of Vitamin C and is very low in Kilojoules. No one is
really certain where the lemon came from but it is thought to have come from
India, Malaysia or perhaps South China, but are now probably one of the most
ubiquitous fruits available. A little lemon is always refreshing. |
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Lime |
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Limes are an excellent source of Vitamin C, and contain some Potassium and
Calcium but like lemons are low in kilojoules. Limes are the smallest fruit
in the citrus family and most likely originated in India. They were grown
widely in the West Indies and it was from these islands that supplies came
for the British Navy to supplement the Sailors rations to prevent them from
getting Scurvy – a disease caused by a deficiency of Vitamin C. |
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| mango |
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| | | A mango provides a
days Vitamin C. Mangoes also contain high levels of Vitamin A which comes
from the Beta Carotene. They also contain moderate amounts of iron. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
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Like carrots, mango is also a good source of beta carotene. By the way, the
vitamin scientists couldn’t decide whether to call this carotene or mangotene,
so they flipped a coin. Better luck next time, mango. |
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High in natural sugar, it’s the perfect fruit to replenish energy after heavy
physical exercise like jogging, working out, or running up and down stairs
with a full carton of nudies. |
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The mango is the earliest known tropical fruit. It is native to India and
Burma for more than 4000 years. That’s a long time! |
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More fresh mangoes are eaten every day than any other fruit in the world. |
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The ‘paisley’ design motif is a design from India based on the mango.
(Loosely based, we believe. Unless they have very creative looking mangoes
in India). |
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Buddha is said to have been presented with a mango grove so that he could
rest in its shade – lucky guy! |
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| | | Oranges are known for
their high vitamin C content (as well as their zesty personalities). Vitamin
C is a strong antioxidant and just an al round helpful vitamin. Oranges are
also a good source of folic acid, and thiamine. They are also a good source
of energy. |
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* Why is an orange called an orange? The jury’s still out on that one… |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
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Oranges originated in China |
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We use a lot of oranges – from South Western New South Wales. |
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| | | Who was the first person to pick up one of these weird little purple things, crack it open and eat it? We’d love to know.
Passion fruits are a good source of vitamin A and C and have some dietary
fibre. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
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Passion fruits are known to fill people with passion. (Just make sure you’re
in nice company when you eat one). |
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Ola! The passion fruit is a native of southern Brazil. Out of approximately
400 varieties of passion fruit plant, only about 30 produce edible fruit. |
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Who’d have thought that fuzzy fruit could be so yummy? Peaches (a bit
like nectarines in fur coats) not only taste delicious, they are a good
source of potassium, vitamin A, vitamin C, B vitamins and beta carotene. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
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Peaches are known as “the queen of fruits”. |
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Peaches and nectarines are from the same family – so alike are they that
Peach tress sometimes spontaneously produce nectarines – and vise versa. |
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Peaches are part of the rose family and a relation to the almond. Second
cousins, on Uncle Bertie’s side. |
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Peaches were a symbol of immortality and long life in ancient Chinese
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Pear |
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Pears are great as a fibre source and for a fruit is high in energy. They
contain a small amount of Vitamins A and C. Wild pears are native to Europe
and Asia where the have grown for millennia, and they have always occupied a
special place in Royal courts. The pear is actually a member of the Rose
family. One of the worlds most familiar pears actually originated in
Australia in 1896 when Charles Henry Packham got busy with the fruit
crossings. There are literally thousands of varieties of pears in the world. |
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| pineapple |
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| | | Pineapples are
excellent fruit for decorating Carnival headdresses. They are also an
excellent source of vitamin C and dietary fibre. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
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Pineapples are also great for sunstroke! Keep one on hand this summer.
(Better yet, stay out of the sun, scoop out the middle of your pineapple and
fill it with nudie instead!) |
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Pineapples are the most recognizable of any fruit, although they are
actually multiple fruits consisting of dozens of protrubences each of
which was the fruit of a single flower. |
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Pineapples are a native of Brazil and tropical South America. |
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Pineapples were first named by European explorers who thought they looked
like pinecones with the flesh of apples. |
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| | | Yoghurt is a very
good source of calcium and phosphorous. Yoghurt has protein in it too – what
a power food. Those nudie cows should be very proud.
Out yoghurts have live microbial cultures called probiotics which are good
for us by replenishing the “good bacteria” in our tummies. You see, to work
efficiently and effectively our digestive system needs a balance of types of
bacteria. Sometimes the micro-flora of the gut gets out of balance through
intestinal disturbances and is upset by over-indulgences of our diet and lack
of activity. There is some evidence that consuming live cultures of
Lactobascillus and Bifidobacterium in yoghurt can lead to a more rapid
recovery of the balance of the flora in the gut.
Cow’s milk and products that are made from it (such as yoghurt) are among
foods most commonly associated with allergic reactions. If you come over all
itchy or just feel a bit weird*, go to the doctor!
*If you feel weird most days, you’re probably not allergic to yoghurt |
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Before the days of refrigeration it was discovered that you could preserve
milk by fermenting it to yoghurt. |
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in vitamin C, potassium, niacin and riboflavin. They are also a good source
of fibre because of all those tiny little seeds on the surface and a good
source of bioflavanoids (no relation to asteroids), which are a rich source
of anti-oxidants. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
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Yep – raspberries are a member of the rose family too! |
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And these guys are called the “King of Berries”. |
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Raspberry leaves have long been used to make a tea – this has been renowned
for their therapeutic effects. |
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| strawberry |
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| | | Strawberries are an
excellent source of vitamin C and also contain some folate. They also qualify
as a very good source of B vitamins, potassium and iron. Strawberries, like
other berries, are famous for containing high levels of phyto-nutrients, and
are a rich source of plant anti-oxidants. |
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...as told to Tall Tim by his Grandmother and her fruit
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Strawberries are very low in sugar (must be why so many people have them with
whipped cream or dipped in chocolate…). |
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We’ve heard of one famous Welsh actress using strawberries to brush her teeth
because apparently they make teeth whiter. We’re not sure where this report
came from but we thought it might give you another good excuse for drinking
nudies containing strawberries! |
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| vanilla |
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| | | Vanilla bean is the most popular flavour in the world. |
| | | The first use of vanilla dates back to Mexico, where the Aztecs used it to create a drink made from cocoa and vanilla beans. |
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The vanilla plant is part of the orchid family. Cultivating vanilla beans is
a pretty tough process: each flower must be pollinated by hand to ensure it
produces a bean and, to complicate matters, a flower only lives for one day.
Wow! No wonder those vanilla beans are so special. |
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Wheat grass |
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It’s green |
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When it grows to 12 to 20cm it can be cut and then juiced |
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Proponents of wheatgrass use claim that regular ingestion of the plant can
improve the digestive system, prevent cancer, diabetes and heart disease,
cure constipation, detoxify heavy metals from the bloodstream, cleanse the
liver, prevent hair loss and help to make menopause more manageable. There
is, however, no medical nor scientific evidence to support these claims. |
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* Tall Tim is not 100% certain that
his Grandmother's friends are fruit experts. |
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