This delicious, nutrient-dense fruit is a post-workout powerhouse for sure.
Add pineapple to your diet to heal injuries faster but mainly boost post-workout gains. Pineapple is rich in vitamin C, an antioxidant that plays an integral role in tissue growth and healing. It also helps repair and maintain cartilage and bones, which is especially helpful for athletes.
Pineapple have numerous health benefits that range from detoxing your body to improving digestion and boosting your immune system. Beside it does taste delicious and can be a sweet treat when you’re dieting (and the good thing - you will not go overboard with your macros ;)).
Pineapple is full of vitamins, minerals and nutrients
- Potassium (good for the blood and veins)
- Copper
- Manganese (good for strong bones)
- Calcium (good for bones and teeth)
- Vitamin C (Immune system health)
- Beta Carotene (good for your eyes and vision)
- Thiamin (a ‘B’ vitamin that converts food to energy)
- Vitamin B6 (converts food to energy and helps with the formation of red blood cells)
- Folate (helps will cell division)
- Fiber (keeps your digestive tract healthy)
- Bromelain (reduces inflammation and aids digestion)
Pineapple also provides us with
- Fiber (which lowers cholesterol levels).
And what are the most amazing health benefits of pineapple?
1. Pineapple boost immune system
Pineapple is loaded with immune-boosting vitamin C. Vitamin C is proven to bolster the immune system and help you stay healthy. Vitamin C also helps you body fight infection, heal from injury, and eliminate free radicals (basically ‘toxins’ that can cause cancer).
2. Pineapple improves your digestion
Which basically helps breakdown proteins for your body to use to repair and build muscles and tissue. Fiber helps keep your digestive tract healthy.
3. Pineapple keeps your liver clean and healthy
This could perhaps be one of the more notable, because your liver is the second largest organ in your body and it it's function is to clear toxins from the body. Pineapple helps keep your liver strong.
4. Pineapple increases strength (yeeey ;)).
Pineapple strengthen your bones. And the stronger your bones - the stronger you can potentially be. Strong bones support your body and are the framework for your muscles. The stronger your bones, the stronger (and larger) your muscles can be. This is quite pretty awesome right? ;)
Also, pineapple has a good amount of manganese, which is essential for building strong bone as well as their growth and repair. It is the most prominent mineral in pineapple, and a single serving can deliver more than 70% of your daily requirement (remember that once you are food shopping ;)).
5. Pineapple gives you incredible pumps (no joke ;))
Why? Eat some cottage cheese and pineapple before a workout and get yourself an amazing pump. The natural sugar in the pineapple will rush to your muscles filling them with nutrients and energy for a great workout.
6. Pineapple Improves circulation and our cognitive abilities
The potassium in pineapple makes your veins dilate and more elastic. There’s also copper which is used to create red blood cells (red blood cells carry oxygen through your body. High red blood cell count increases oxygenation to the various organ systems and makes them function at optimal levels. Red blood cells also bring nutrients to your muscles helping them recover from hard workouts).Increased oxygen in the bloodstream also increases cognitive abilities and can maintain neural pathways.
7. Eat pineapple for healthy teeth and gums
8. Protect eye sight
Pineapple contains beta carotene which is associated with vision and eye health.
9. And last but not least, pineapple helps reduce Inflammation
The bromelain in pineapple is know to reduce swelling and inflammation in joints and injuries. Bromelain is an enzyme that breaks down proteins and excess build up in the body.
Now, tell me if your not already on your way to the market? ;)
High five for pineapple, for sure ;)
Until next time, S.
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