The Cottonfruit

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Common Name: "Santol" (Cottonfruit in English)
Scientific Name: Sandoricum koetjape

Santol is a nice sweet and sour fruit loaded with great healing abilities including lots of Vitamins A and Vitamins B on it.

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Santol fruit also contains Carbohydrates for more and sustained energy, Phosphorus and Calcium for strong bones, and Iron for blood maintenance.
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Other healthy and healing benefits that we can derived fom eating Santol fruits are the following:

  • it strengthens our immune system and boosts up our metabolism as well
  • it lowers cholesterol level and prevents cardio-vascular related diseases such as strokes
  • it prevents and heals allergies
  • it also treats Diarrhea
  • helps with Diabetes, Cancer, and other ailments.
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Santol fruit can also be made into sweets or desserts like jams and jellies. It makes great drinks and smoothies, and even fruit shakes as well. Can also be used in cooking like that of Sinigang instead of sampaloc, bayabas, or kamias and the like.

Why don't you try eating some nice and great tasting Santol fruit today? Surely, it will do your body good.... Do you agree?

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reminds me of childhood when we only ask some fruits from our neighbor...

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