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Nutritional and Health Benefits of Temperate Fruits

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Postharvest Biology and Technology of Temperate Fruits

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Epidemiologic evidence has suggested a close relationship between the daily consumption of fruits and the prevention of cardiovascular diseases, certain forms of cancer, and general health and wellbeing. The upsurge in the consumption of unhealthy processed foods is slowly breeding unhealthy nations, and this comes at huge costs to governments. Recent reports indicate very low per capita global fruit consumption. Therefore, the recent interest in phytonutrient compositions of fruits could not have come at a better time. Although the phytonutrient compositions of fruits have been widely reported, comprehensive analysis of their phytonutrient compositions and effects on health are lacking. Therefore, in this chapter, we report the phytonutrient compositions of some temperate fruits and their health benefits. This information will be useful to a wide range of stakeholders, including consumers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and government departments involved with food, in the hope to educate and increase fruit consumption.

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The financial support of the Canadian and South African Research Chair Programme for the Phytochemical Food Network to improve the nutritional status of the consumers (grant number 98352) is greatly acknowledged.

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Bvenura, C., Hermaan, N.N.P., Chen, L., Sivakumar, D. (2018). Nutritional and Health Benefits of Temperate Fruits. In: Mir, S., Shah, M., Mir, M. (eds) Postharvest Biology and Technology of Temperate Fruits. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76843-4_3

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