APRICOTS

Apricots:
Apricots are small, golden orange fruits, with velvety skin and flesh: not too juicy but definitely smooth and sweet. Their flavor is almost musky, with a faint tartness that is more pronounced when the fruit is dried. Some people think of the flavor as being somewhere between a peach and a plum, fruits to which they're closely related.
History:
Apricots are originally from China but arrived in Europe via Armenia, which is why the scientific name is Prunus armenaica. The apricot tree came to Virginia in 1720 but its appearance in the Spanish missions of California around 1792 marked the fruit's real arrival. The climate there is perfectly suited to apricot culture, and apricots in the United States are grown primarily in the sunny orchards of California.
Apricots are enjoyed as a fresh fruit but also dried, cooked into pastry, and eaten as jam. The fruits are also distilled into brandy and liqueur. Essential oil from the pits is sold commercially as bitter almond oil. Turkey, Italy, Russia, Spain, Greece, U.S.A. and France are the leading producers of apricots.

Health Benefits of Apricots:
These berries are high in fiber healthy, rich in beta carotene, as well as a number of nutrients for health.
Apricots are rich in vitamin A, which is a powerful antioxidant, prevents free radical damage in tissues and cells. Especially in the eyes and vision are very useful, such as free radicals can act in Qatar and macular degeneration and destruction of blood flow leading to the eye. "It is obvious that fruits rich in vitamin A, carrots are a better appearance.

The high fiber damask is very helpful for digestion, constipation, diverticulosis, and also the prevention of stomach cancer.
Although most fruits, apricots, part of the fruit such as apricots, benefits, and how much, if not more, than some of its biggest "cousins" are.
In addition to fresh apricots, you can buy in jars or cans, as well as pickles and jams, and dried. It is also sold alcohol.
Not as juicy as other fruits, are excellent, if sliced ​​and served with a salad, cereal, oatmeal, pancakes, etc., will add flavor to food without the "wet".
Dried apricots are healthy and in other areas, where fresh vegetables are not likely to help. The amount of the increase in calcium, iron and phosphorus in the scores, but also calories.
Apricots, fresh and canned food, especially in a dry, antioxidants that help prevent heart disease.
The stone contains a walnut, apricot, rich in protein and fat than others. It has a high content of reports laetrile (vitamin B17) to be very effective in preventing cancer. Laetrile cancer treatment uses high doses of vitamin B17 to reduce tumors.
Break the rocks, like little seeds, remove seeds and grinding. In salads, or mix with honey to easily integrate the system.
You can also break all the rocks and steep in boiling water, infused with a little "juice" of fruits or other lemon in honey to sweeten, if necessary.
However, the kernel is often used as a potentially toxic if misused. You can produce hydrogen cyanide (HCN), for use in a piece of clothing is sometimes good enough. Or you can toast the seeds before using. Roast destroy harmful cyanide.
These cores were used to extract the oil, like almond oil to relieve muscular tension using a sedative antispasmodic. Helps heal wounds and expel worms and is a tonic for good health in general. Apricot oil is in the process and treated to eliminate any toxicity FFPA, ie free of hydrogen cyanide
This was the kernel, oil, flowers, leaves and fruits of apricots used since antiquity for medicinal purposes.
The seeds have a flavor a bit, "as apricot kernel, and are in fact related. They are often used in conjunction with almonds and candied fruit. A common mistake is the style of the button "Amaretti Sarronno" made with almonds, which is actually made from apricot seeds.

Anemia:
A high iron content of apricots is good in the fight against anemia and contains small amounts of copper, helps the body absorb iron.
Prolonged consumption of large quantities of apricot was known for the production of hemoglobin, which makes it very useful to increase after the period, particularly in women with heavy flow.

Constipation:
Apricots contain pectin and cellulose, which acts as a mild laxative and helps in the treatment of constipation. Cellulose is an insoluble fiber which, in the chair, and pectin helps keep water, mud and soft.

Digestion:
They eat apricots, before a meal stimulates digestion, because the alkaline to neutralize acids.

Fever:
Apricots can help fever. Preparation of a liquid or dilute with a little honey "apricot and water. This relieves thirst, fever, quiet and clean the system and the addition of vitamins and minerals.

Skin:
This time, with the leaves of apricot. Pass through a food processor or blender to get the juice, the juice is the burning of calm and tranquility, or itching caused by sunburn, eczema and scabies.
The flesh of the apricot is good for clearing acne skin problems and others, thanks to its high vitamin content. Apricot scrub, often contain.
The content of the apricot is rich in minerals which makes them useful for anemia, blood poisoning, asthma, bronchitis and tuberculosis.
You can also contribute to the risk of cancer of the larynx, pharynx, esophagus and lungs.
Apricot helps destroy and expel worms, and it helps dissolve and remove gallstones.

The nutritional value of apricots are as follows:
Vitamins A, B, C, thiamine, calcium, carbohydrates, protein and phosphorus.
100 g apricots are about 50 calories.
Dried apricots have a value much greater than the cost of food because the nutrients are concentrated. Only 5 kg of fresh apricots 1 kg dry. The high concentration of nutrients, beyond the fact that the number of calories can be increased. Dried apricots, with 12 iron, fiber-7, and five times more vitamin A multiplication
I firmly believe in progress for the "pharmacy of natural" foods, especially fruits and apricot is one of my favorites. Droughts and charges may be added to food during cooking, add a delicious flavor and the nutrients wonderful. They are widely used in the kitchen, Turkey and Morocco, in specific uses.

It is claimed that vitamin B17 helps in the prevention of cancer. Apricot seed has the highest percentage of B17 in any fruits and consuming this seed will help prevent cancer.
Vitamin B17, and hence apricot seed, also helps to lower high blood pressure
Helps to reduce pain associated with arthritis.
Help to maintain the general health and well-being. Hence, it will strengthen the ability to resist infections like colds and flu.

Protect Your Eyesight:
Your mother may have told you carrots would keep your eyes bright as a child, but as an adult, it looks like fruit is even more important for keeping your sight. Data reported in a study published in the Archives of Opthamology indicates that eating 3 or more servings of fruit per day may lower your risk of age-related macular degeneration (ARMD), the primary cause of vision loss in older adults, by 36%, compared to persons who consume less than 1.5 servings of fruit daily.
In this study, which involved over 100,000 women and men, researchers evaluated the effect of study participants' consumption of fruits; vegetables; the antioxidant vitamins A, C, and E; and carotenoids on the development of early ARMD or neovascular ARMD, a more severe form of the illness associated with vision loss. Food intake information was collected periodically for up to 18 years for women and 12 years for men.
While, surprisingly, intakes of vegetables, antioxidant vitamins and carotenoids were not strongly related to incidence of either form of ARMD, fruit intake was definitely protective against the severe form of this vision-destroying disease.
Three servings of fruit may sound like a lot to eat each day, but by simply tossing a banana into your morning smoothie or slicing it over your cereal, topping off a cup of yogurt or green salad with a half cup of berries, and snacking on an apricot, you've reached this goal.