6 REASONS YOU SHOULD EAT LOCAL FRUITS

There’s been a lot of talk by the Government about food security, about the necessity for this twin-island republic to decrease significantly its importation of food from other countries. The thrust of this Food Security Initiative is to develop and sell our own food products regionally and internationally. The citizenry were also encouraged to grow their own food.

 This is a very good idea. So good that I “kidnapped” it, and built on it . If you have been logging onto our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/naturallivingcenter/, you would see that our Tips of The Day have been focusing on the nutritional values and health benefits of our local fruits. Here’s 6 reasons why you should eat local fruits.

6 Reasons You Should Eat Local Fruit

1.  It’s Available

 Fruits are easy to get; you can get from a neighbor, friend or family member. Some of us even have some sort  of fruit tree in our yards. If not , we can go to the Market or Supermarket and pick up some fruits in bulk.  Foreign fruits are not so readily obtainable in large quantities, for a reasonable price.

2. It’s Fresher

As I've said before, fruit trees and fruit vendors are all around us. All we have to do is ask; pick for ourselves or buy. Whereas foreign fruit comes packaged or canned with lots of Excitotoxins.

3. It’s Cheaper

In terms of quantity, you can get local fruit for free or in bulk at a reasonable price, but you get less foreign fruit for more money.

4. There’s More Variety

Different fruits bear at different times of the year, and some fruits have many different varieties. For example, there are Starch, Vere, Calabash and Julie mangoes to name a few, and Grameshell and Lacatan bananas.  We only get some kinds of fruits from other countries and not as much varieties are available.

5. Similar or Nutritional Values to the Imported Fruits

For more information about the health benefits and nutritional value of local fruits, visit our Facebook page.

6. Remember “Old Time” Fruits

In this age of the Internet and fast foods, this generation’s children seem to have lost some of the simple pleasures that adults over 50 years took for granted, like playing moral and reading classics like A Tale of Two Cities the original. Also many of them are not familiar with eating fruit like penny piece, star apple, sapodilla, gru-gru bef, gri-gri, and stinking toe. Eating local fruits will not only encourage us to look for these local “exotic” fruit, but it may also  motivate us to  plant them in our backyards. What a wonderful legacy for our children , grandchildren and maybe even our great-grandchildren, if Jesus tarries.

 Natural Living Center’s daily Tips are there to help our clients in their journey towards optimum health. Next, we are starting a new series of “Tips of the Day” that will give you, our clients, some ideas on how to stay on your menu plans for Christmas successfully.