F is for Fruit - My Entry for A - Z Photography Contest Week 6

My photo essay about fruit is for Week 6 of the A - Z Photography Contest by @sustainablyyours.

You can enter too for a chance at SBI shares and @steemmonsters cards too!

My post has a lot of random fruit photos and some health information too; so please enjoy!

In my opinion, this is the "best" photo of the bunch :)

This papaya was sold by a street vendor with a table out in my Bangkok neighborhood. I don't know why the ends are cut off on the orange ones. They were large, tender, delicious, and about 75 cents usd each.

I eat the seeds of papaya for the peppery taste and anti-inflammatory properties. The seeds are used to make a pill you can buy for inflammation so I get them at the source when I can.

A big, heavy banana bunch is out to ripen in Northern Thailand with my foot for scale. These were some of the best bananas I have ever eaten even though they are not my favorite food.

My deformed toes are much more deformed now from Rheumatoid Arthritis and this is why I look for anything and everything I can find to fight inflammation.

Below are the best grapes I have ever had the Farmer's Market in Coronado California. Expensive and only available two weeks a year.

Fruit is a demonized food category in the world of diet these days. When I was fat - fruit was off my list with a lot of other good food. But I was drinking "diet" drinks full of chemicals so this may have been why I was not able to lose.

There are so many benefits in fruit! If you eat French Fries or other garbage food, you can eat fruit for the benefits.

We are looking to increase your intake of the 31 essential nutrients.

Fruit has some of them, and other healthy aspects too. Here is what the Worlds Healthiest Foods site has to say about fruit if you want to get your reading on.

What is the Special Nutritional Power Found in Fruits and Vegetables?

And here are their top fruits from the site. Try them all and see which ones you like get a couple of servings and day and see how you do.

All fruit is cheaper and better in season. Take this list to your phone and start looking for these fruits while you shop. Buy small amounts of the cheapest and best looking fruit off this list each week and don't stick to just one or two.

This "hunt" for good food is a good task for your kids while you are shopping. Have them look all over the produce section to find the good deals.

Don't forget dried and canned fruit. These are both good for convenience, cost, and to have them on hand.

Get organic when you can, especially for the "Dirty Dozen" fruits. These are the "most sprayed" by pesticides.

For example:

When was the last time you ate an apricot? They are good fresh or dried.

• Chop dried apricots and put into a mix with nuts, seeds and grains for a muesli type snack. Also good in salad that way.
• Put a fresh apricot in your smoothie or just eat it.
• Soak dried apricots, chop, and add to baking.
• Seek healthy recipes including apricots by searching on the internet.

Back to Photos!

My Bangkok friends are preparing and selling Durian in season from a cart out in front of their home. Thy do this every year for a few weeks.

Durian processing is not an easy job. Those things are very heavy with rind like a rock.

Some people will buy whole one, but most people are lined up to get these delicacies as fast as my friends can cut and wrap them.

Not fast enough.

Here is the gold and they had to really dig for it.

Durian smalls strongly and the fruit is a bit like pudding in texture. It's better frozen to my western taste.

This glass of watermelon juice below was found at a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia and is well worth the trip. They have a juicer and make it when you order it.

If you are drinking juice in the US, do not get blends or anything reconstituted. All of that has fluoride and other chemical additives you do not need. Consume less crap and you will feel better.

Jackfruit is a "superfood." The fruit is a bit like gum in texture, and you have to really chew it. There is a big seed inside to roast. So yummy, filling, and very cheap everywhere I have been in SE Asia. This pack is 3-5 day's worth for 60 cents usd.

I will buy some for my trip to Singapore next week and it will be a good addition to my traveling food.

Here are many different varieties of oranges at the Farmer's Market in Chula Vista California. The lemons in front were strong and sour.

Limes from the Coronado Farmers Market with pomegranate to the left and persimmons behind.

Chopped street pineapple, pumpkin, and sweet potato in the bowl waiting for some dill and lime to be squeezed on. I also added sunflower seeds and coconut oil for a very delicious lunch.

Wash your produce with baking soda and vinegar (not shown). Just do it one time and you will never not do it again. Citrus is especially dirty.

Here is a photo I entered to a contest long ago and it won!

But I entered this photo too so long ago, and I like it better, so this is the photo I am entering for the contest!

Fruit is very diverse and you cannot find easy lists with the health benefits for them in general, but here are some ideas from musely.com:

and more from holistichealthjournal.me:

Thank you for the contest, @sustainablyyours. I will be back next week with a blockbuster entry for the letter "G" so don't miss it!

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