Article: Fruit of the day

Before coming to Taipei, everyone keeps telling me how delicious and fresh the veg and fruits are there, and in fact, after you have tried them, you will agree.  When I walk pass the fruit store, there are variety of fruits that I haven't seen in HK nor in Canada.

You may have tried many nice foods with passion fruit 百香果 as the ingredient.  Well, have you tried it fresh?  It is a little bit sour when you first taste it but then it soon turns into sweet.  Passion fruit contains great amount of dietary fiber, potassium and vitamin C.

100g (~5 pieces) passion fruit without refuse:

75kcal energy
24g carbohydrate
11g sugar

340mg potassium

10g dietary fiber

30mg vitamin C

Beneficial effects:
1. Dietary fiber protects our intestinal health.
2. Potassium helps to stablize our blood pressure and minimizes the risk of hypertension.
3. Vitamin C is an antioxidant which helps to minimize the level of free radical in our body that may cause chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular diseases.

Written by: Michelle Cheung, Dietitian