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Home / Lifestyle / Living with Breast Cancer / 5 Reasons Mangoes Should Be A Household Necessity

5 Reasons Mangoes Should Be A Household Necessity

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The one thing that this world can appreciate is the food and how it can be experienced, especially fruit. There are so many different types of fruits out there to be explored and consumed, ones that you probably have never even heard of. However, there is one fruit that brings everyone joy all year round. What would the world be without a delicious-tasting mango? Absolutely bland, that’s what. Not only are mangoes flavorful and an island staple, but they also have so many benefits that you can reap when eating them. You may not have known this but a mango a day has several benefits and can keep your health levels at bay. 

What Health Benefits Do Mangoes Offer?

When it comes to a good old-fashioned ripped mango, you’re getting the best of both worlds: taste and nutrients. They taste amazing and they also help aid in bettering your health. Referred to as the “king” of fruits, mangoes are highly nutritious. They contain the perfect amount of vitamins such as Vitamins A, B6, C, E, & K. They also contain good amounts of potassium and magnesium. Not only that but they’re low in calories as well so consuming a little extra won’t do damage or pack on unwanted weight. Mangoes also have immune-boosting nutrients that can help protect and strengthen your immune system, so eating them can help prevent sickness. 

Besides all of that, mangoes help with your digestive system. If you are someone who struggles with digestive problems or finds it hard to go number 2, incorporating mangoes into your daily diet could be extremely helpful when trying to have a successful bowel movement. This is due to the high amounts of fiber that mangoes contain.

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5 Reasons Why Mangoes Should Be On Your Weekly Grocery List

Besides them being absolutely delightful and nutritious, there are a few other reasons why mangoes should be on your weekly grocery list. 

  1. They can help prevent diabetes.
  2. They support heart health
  3. They support eye health
  4. They help lower the risk of developing certain cancers
  5. They’re packed with polyphenols (antioxidants)

Plus, they're so versatile and adding them to your diet is easy and simple.

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How These Help You

All the nutritional benefits that come with mangoes help you ease into a better lifestyle. Having them in your diet will help you get many of the nutrients you need without having to eat so many other types of fruits on top of it.

It helps you create a healthier and easier way of eating, which can help with any health goals you may have such as losing weight, or feeding your body’s fats and muscles to maintain weight.

Eating mangoes support a healthy heart as well since mangoes are high in magnesium and potassium, which support a healthy blood flow. 

Mangoes also help lower many risks such as the risk of developing diabetes and certain cancers like breast, colon and prostate cancer. This is because they’re packed with polyphenols, which act as antioxidants in your body. Polyphenols have the ability to kill cancer cells. Polyphenols prevent oxidative stress, which is a process that has been linked to the development of certain types of cancers. Now, this may not prevent developing cancer altogether because of the many other factors that come into the equation such as genetics, but it can help reduce the risk if it may already be high. These antioxidants also help support eye health as well. Eating mangoes will lower these risks with the help of other life changes as well. 

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How To Include Them Into Your Daily Diet

Slicing up a mango at night, putting it away in the refrigerator and eating it in the morning is the easiest way to incorporate it into your daily diet.

Peeling and eating them as they are is easy too, just be mindful of the big seed in the middle.

Taking some cut-up slices of mangoes and putting them in your smoothies, fruit salads, acai bowls or in your yogurt as well is an easy way to eat a mango a day.

Buying dried mangoes and eating them as a snack throughout the day will help you not only stay full but give you the nutrients and boost that you may need for that afternoon pick-me-up.

However, you decide to eat a mouth-watering mango, make sure you try your hardest to do it every day. The future of your health is literally in the palms of your hands or in this case, in your fruit bowl.

By Jaleesa Robinson | Published September 9, 2022

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