Dietary Benefits of Fig

Fig is originated from soils of Arab and it is a crop of the hot climate, dry summer, cool summer and wet winters. Dried fig is rich in nutrients and it can help you to meet your essential dietary needs. In winters people usually want to eat dry fruits but in extreme cold people never prefer visit market and if they visit the market and buy some expensive fruits but the issue is still there. A shopkeeper is aanunaware of nutritional and dietary values of that product. Now Farm to Home is providing dry fig with high dietary values and complete description at your doorstep with free home delivery. Fig comprises following dietary benefits:

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 Fiber Content

A half cup of dried figs comprises 7.3 g of fiber contents. If the fig is included in the regular diet of a person, it can lower the risk of habitual diseases such as cardiac and diabetic diseases. A woman needs 25g of fiber and an adult man needs 38g fiber daily and it will be helpful in slow digestion and lower the cholesterol level in blood.

Strengthen Your Bones

Calcium is necessary for the strength of bones and per study of Fig Advisory Board California, half cup of serving fig contains 121mg. Other than bone health, fig decreases the chances of osteoporosis development. For a healthier person 1,000 to l,200 mg of calcium a day. If you are adding calcium-rich food like a fig in your diet, then you will meet the daily requirement.

Control Blood Pressure

Potassium is necessary for blood pressure control and if you add dry fig in your regular diet, it can meet the requirement of potassium and a single serving of fig has 507 mg of potassium and it also maintains fluid balance. An American study says that a healthy food should have 4700 mg of potassium a day and one serving of fig can meet 10% needs.

Meet the Iron Deficiency

Oxygen is an important component of blood and iron is essential for transportation of oxygen in the blood. If Iron is not enough in your blood, delivery of oxygen to blood decreases. So, your diet should fulfill the needs of Iron. A half-cup serving of dry figs has 1.5 mg of Iron. A person between the age of 19-50 require 18mg of Iron daily and above 51 a person needs 8 mg of Iron daily.

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