5 Reasons To Eat Pears This Winter

Health + Nutrition Tips

27 June

Pears are a healthy and delicious fruit that you should be eating each day this Winter! Find out why below:

Happy Guts - Pears are the go-to fruit to keep your digestive system healthy¹. Pears contain a unique combination of nutrients that help maintain normal bowel function and promote good gut health¹. A happy gut helps you feel great, and allows the body to absorb nutrients from food and build your immunity¹.

Weight Win - Pears are a great snack if you are looking to lean down or trying to keep those winter kilos at bay¹. They have a low energy density, which means they provide fewer kilojoules per bite¹. They also contain both soluble and insoluble fibre, which helps to keep you feeling full for longer¹. Winning!

Fibre Fix - A pear a day may be all it takes to help nail your daily fibre targets¹. Pears are one of the highest fibre fruits with a medium pear containing 4.1g of fibre – that’s more than five prunes (3.1g fibre)¹. In fact eating a pear a day could bridge the shortfall between the fibre intakes of Australian women (21 grams a day) and the recommended daily intake (25 grams a day)¹.

Breathe Easy - For more than 2000 years, traditional Chinese medicine has used pears to help clear the lungs¹. Modern science is just beginning to catch up with emerging research showing that eating pears may help to ease symptoms of allergy-related diseases like asthma and hayfever, as well as other respiratory conditions¹.

Skin & All - Whether chomping, blending or cooking pears, keep the skin on to get all the goodness¹. The skin of pears is full of polyphenols, which provide loads of health benefits related to managing and reducing the risk of diabetes, heart health and obesity¹.

Campaign Content: This article is part of a campaign I am proudly working on with Australian Pears.

References:

James-Martin G, Williams G, Stonehouse W, O’Callaghan N, Noakes M. Health and Nutritional properties of peasr (pyrus): a literature review. October 2015 http://rediscoverthepear.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Pears-Health-Study-AP15010-Final-Report-Complete.pdf

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