What is the best fruit?

According to the Center for science in the public interest website, when sorting fruits by the amount of the recommended daily value of a serving of 6 nutrients plus carotenoids of each piece of fruit ranks fruits in this order.  The superfuits here in bold are ones freely available here in Thailand.

1. Guava
2. Watermelon
3. Grapefruit, pink or red
4. Kiwi
5. Papaya
6. Cantaloupe
7. Apricots, dried
8. Orange
9. Strawberry
10. Peaches, dried
11. Blackberries
12. Grapefruit, white
13. Raspberries
14. Tangerine
15. Persimmon
16. Mango
17. Honeydew Mellon
18. Star Fruit (Carambola)

For the whole list, have a look at their chart here.

What is and how to prepare a mango?

Daniel from What’s This Food discusses mango preparation.

Guy eats 10 Mangos in one meal

Nam Dok Mai mangos are good… but are they this good?

Health Benefits of Mango

The health benefits of eating Mangos are quite amazing.  There are loads of resources on their value in one’s diet.

The Mango Association says:

We are advised to eat at least five portions of fruit and vegetables a day. Half a mango counts as one portion.

Dr. Martin Hirte writes a pretty comprehensive piece on the benefits of the mango.

Mangoes are full packed with vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants and contain like all fruits very few proteins, fats and calories. They are perfect to replenish salts, vitamins and energy after physical exercise.

And for pregnant women:

A pregnant woman should eat at least one mango a day – the kalium and magnesium of the mango relaxes the muscles, releaves stress and prevents abortion.

For prevention of health problems mango’s are a super fruit:

US Natural Health Research claims that a mango contains 1-3 times your recommended daily intake of Vitamin C and beta-carotene – a cancer fighting antioxidant. Mangoes also contain all 4 recognised anti-oxidants (namely vitamin A, Vitamin C & E and Selenium) that aid in the prevention of Heart Disease, Cancer and Diabetes – the three biggest killers in the Western world. More…

A complete makup of a mango can be found at nutritiondata.com.  So, does that make mango the most nutritional fruit around?  Well, not exactly.  That title goes to Guava for it’s high doses of vitamin B and C.  But it is in the top of the bunch next to Raspberries, Grapefruit and Peaches.  This ranking is a great way to see how the fruits stack up.

Site just launched

My new wife’s mom is a wholesaler of Thai mangoes for 20 years so I thought it would be appropriate to help her gain some exposure as well as provide a point of reference for people looking for information on mangoes in Thailand.  Besides that, I love mangoes, so it’s really a win – win situation.