Top 10 Reasons to Eat Pineapple
This superfood should be in your diet!
A little history…
Pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical fruit native to Paraguay, southern Brazil and Bolivia. The indigenous people there introduced it to other parts of South America and the Caribbean. In the late 1400s, Christopher Columbus brought pineapple to Europe. Today, most of us think of Hawaii when we think of pineapple (although it wasn’t introduced there until 1813).
Why is pineapple a superfood?
- high in vitamin C and manganese
- a good source of vitamin B6, folate, thiamine, magnesium, potassium and copper
- contains antioxidant flavonoids
Besides the fact that it tastes great, here are the HEALTHY benefits of this tropical fruit…
