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Today, organic food becomes the popular trend in this world. People from many countries   incline to plant organic vegetable and fruit. They sell many organic products without any additional material, which is harmful for our healthy. This trend now develops as human need. People shall buy an expensive vegetable and fruit and consume organic food. It is lifestyle now; it is not only about healthy anymore. Unfortunately, this phenomenon become little bit deviate from its first purpose as healthy life style. They eat organic food or cook with organic ingredient but still consume any dangerous things, alcohol and cigarette.

It is not a new thing that alcohol and cigarette is a dangerous thing to consume. It contain of many toxic substance, which enable to provoke cancer growth. There are many research, article, seminar, and counseling about the dangerous of smoking. Even in some country, they include the picture of an infected people on the cigarette pack. It is as a warning to the consumer how dangerous the effect of smoking. Although all that anticipation always develops, the numbers of smoker increase day by day. More over in this competitive era, many people say that they need a little dose of nicotine, which contained in cigarette to refresh their chaotic and tired brain. They are addicted. A similar situation also find in alcohol consumption, and not less dramatic.

These opposite condition between the tendency of consuming organic food while they are also smoke and drink in the same time become an awful situation. People spend more money to pay organic food while they spend a bigger one to buy cigarette and alcohol. It will be more waists if you manage your daily menu first before you decide to be an organic vegetarian people because it is useless to nourish your body with organic food if you poison yourself bigger with alcohol and cigarette. So, be organic, be healthy and fresh but stop poisoning your body first.

While many diet programs that offer the body healthy and slim. However, be careful in choosing the right diet program, because the dream of a healthy and slender body can be lost due to either select the program diet. In choosing a diet, limit consumption of certain food groups such as only eating fruits and vegetables have also not healthy. Because the body will lack the necessary other substances such as proteins, carbohydrates, and others. Therefore, the diet with fruits should also be balanced intake of other nutrients.

Eat fruits

One diet program that is safe for the body to consume a diet with more vegetables and fresh fruit. This program is much better because of fresh vegetables and fruits commonly found fiber or fiber as essential components of foods for your diet. Fruit and vegetable consumption of high amounts of it can also prevent people from heart attacks and cancer.

List of 10 fruits that are beneficial to the health and nutritional content:

Apple
Apples contain carbohydrates especially when you’re growing and rich in pectin (a type of fiber). Apples contain quercetin flavonols known that in several studies to have anticancer substances. Quercetin also contain anti-inflammatory ingredients so beneficial for diseases such as arthritis. While the nutritional content, apples contain vitamin C, but not as much of an orange.

Strawberries
Strawberries contain ellagic acid as an antioxidant. In several studies ellagic acid proved to inhibit tumor growth in lung, osephagus, breast, cervix and tongue. As a traditional medicine, strawberries are believed to have antibacterial and is used as a cleaner digestive system. Strawberries contain more vitamin C.

Banana
Bananas are a source of vitamin B6 are needed to make serotonin in the brain. Serotonin function reduce pain, suppress appetite, and made to feel relaxed and ease tension. As a traditional medicine, bananas are used to cure stomach ulcers. Unlike other fruits, bananas contain many carbohydrates, few contain carotene and vitamin C but rich in potassium.

Melon
Melons contain high sugar and lycopene, which serves as anticancer. Red melon and orange also contains carotenoids that can protect cells against free radical damage and can also be converted into vitamin A in the body. Melon is a source of carotenoids and also contain vitamin C.

Orange
Oranges contain phytochemicals called hesperidin which functions as an antioxidant. Oranges are also a source of pectin which serves to lower blood pressure and low in fiber, including fruits, but a source of vitamin C and folate.

Mango
Mango contains carotenoids called beta crytoxanthin, an antioxidant that may protect against some cancers such as colon cancer and bone cancer cervix. Mangoes are rich in carotenoids, including fruit, fiber and vitamin C.

Kiwi
Kiwi contains a pigment called chlorophyll which gives the green fruit. Kiwis can be converted into a compound that has the ability to bind to cancer. One kiwi fruit is enough to meet the requirements for vitamin C intake of adults.

Plum
Plum contains a phytochemical called ferulic acid, which has anti-cancer compounds. The study showed a lot of ferulic acid consumption may help reduce colon cancer risk. Plum is a fruit rich in fiber and potassium.

Wine
Grape skin contains a phytochemical called resveratrol that are proven to improve heart health, anticancer, antibacterial, and contains antioxidants. Grapes contain vitamin C, fiber and low.

Pineapple
Pineapple contains the enzyme bromelain which has the ability to degrade proteins. Pineapples are often used as a meat tenderizer useful addition to aid digestion, describing blood clotting, prevent sinusitis, and urinary tract infections. Pineapple is a source of vitamin C and fiber and contain a high sugar content.

Am I correct that some vegetables contain nitrates that are not safe for your baby? For more details, let’s see …

Origin of Nitrate

Nitrate is a natural element found in soil and is a mixture of Nitrogen and Oxygen. Each plant requires Nitrate, because it helps the growth and photosynthesis process. However, if excessive amount of nitrate in the soil, so that more than needed by the plants, the nitrate could contaminate ground water.

Most of the excess levels of nitrate in the soil due to excessive use of fertilizers. Of course this will not occur on land that was planted by organic farmers.

Excess Nitrate Danger

When nitrate get into our bodies, our bodies will process it into Nitrite. Nitrite can affect subsequent performance in carrying hemoglobin and oxygen in our blood stream. These problems can then lead to hypoxemia, or low oxygen.

Excess nitrate in Infants Dangers

Infants younger than 3 months has colon with a low acidity level. This condition can cause the process to more quickly increase Nitrate on and lead to hypoxemia. Even a drastic increase of nitrate can cause methemoglobinemia in infants and threatens his safety.

Reducing Risks

Increased Nitric excessive body of the baby can occur because of two possibilities:

1. Using water with high nitrate content – to create a formula, eg
2. Consumption of foods with high nitrate content

Vegetables such as carrots, green beans, spinach and beets may contain Nitrate same or even more than the ground water and infants aged less than three months should not consume them.

So, in relation to Nitrate, here are some things you need to consider:

• If you prepare formula milk using ground water that is cooked, it’s good to check the content first Nitrate
• Exclusive breast-fed babies are not at risk of methemoglobinemia
• Do not give vegetables in infants under 3 months. Even the new MPASI recommended after your baby is 6  months old
• After your baby is six months old, the provision of organic vegetables can reduce the risk of hypoxemia