📢 Daily Contest #6 : Tell Me About Your Favorite Fruit and the Nutrients They Contain (Reward Pool 15 STEEM)

Mango is my favorite fruit because it calms my body, has sweet taste and wears a good color.
It is a stone-like edible fruit produced by the tropical tree MANGIFERA INDICA.
Has a thousand of different varieties in the world.

We have eight (8) varieties of mangoes here in Nigeria, they are:

1. Contonu Mango:
   Has green skin color, with a little red blush and taste like pineapple when ripe.

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1. German Mango/Opioro
   Has green color and taste fresh and sour

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Picture of Opioro mango in Nigeria

1. Benue Mangoes
   Has green color with a little yellow; red and some are big as melon.

Benue mangoes
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1. Normal (Ogbomosho/Enugu(Eastern)/Calabar/ Abuja/Yellow) Mangoes:

Ready to consume in my house

It’s a normal mango, taste very sweet with a hint of spice and has an oblong shape.

1. Sheri Mangoes:
   This is my favorite of all even though it stuck in my teeth anytime I eat it.

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In fact it is the most beloved Alphonso mango of India, and we have it here in Nigeria.
It is dark yellow in color, has ellipse shape, rich and taste spicy.

1. Julie Mango
   It is ovate and flat in shape and has yellow-orange color.

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1. Peter/Jane/Binta Sugar Mangoes:
   It is sweet like sugar, large, firm and always available in the month of March-April

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1. Kerosene Mango:
   This type of species is pale peach in color soft and juicy and also has turpentine/kerosene taste.

Kerosene Mango
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Nutrients in mangoes contains:

1. Vitamin A
2. Vitamin C
3. Vitamin K
4. Potassium
5. Beta-Carotene
6. Folate
7. Choline
8. Magnesium

Benefits of Mangoes

1. Support Heart Health:
   The fiber, potassium and vitamin content in mangoes helps keeps the arteries in working condition thus reducing the risk of high blood pressure and increases potassium and reduces sodium

2. Improves skin and Hair:
   Vitamin A and C is one of the most important antioxidants that plays a protective role against environmental damage. And this is found in one of the nutrients in mango
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   Vitamin C in mangoes helps in the production of collagen and also help with the absorption of iron which is an important mineral needed for hair growth.
   Vitamin A in mangoe glows our skin, produces sebum that moisturizes both our skin and scalp.
   The Beta-Carotene in mangoe, boost the action of the immune system against disease
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