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POTASSIUM IS AN ESSENTIAL COMPONENT IN KEEPING THE BODY HYDRATED AND CONTROLLING HEART RATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE. COPPER AND IRON ARE ESSENTIAL FOR RED BLOOD CELL FORMATION. FRESH AND DRIED FIGS ARE ALSO A GOOD SOURCE OF THE B- COMPLEX GROUP OF VITAMINS, SUCH AS NIACIN (B3), PYRIDOXINE (B6), FOLATES (B9) AND PANTOTHENIC ACID (B5).

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Page 1: 12 Health Benefits of Figs

F I G S

R I C H I N M I N E R A L S A N D V I T A M I N S

POTASSIUM IS AN ESSENTIALCOMPONENT IN KEEPING THE BODY

HYDRATED AND CONTROLLING HEARTRATE AND BLOOD PRESSURE. COPPER AND

IRON ARE ESSENTIAL FOR RED BLOODCELL FORMATION. FRESH AND DRIED FIGS

ARE ALSO A GOOD SOURCE OF THE B-COMPLEX GROUP OF VITAMINS, SUCH ASNIACIN (B3), PYRIDOXINE (B6), FOLATES

(B9) AND PANTOTHENIC ACID (B5).

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F I G S

E X C E L L E N T S O U R C E O F D I E T A R YA N T I O X I D A N T S

BOTH FRESH AND DRY FIGS AREEXCELLENT SOURCES ANTIOXIDANTS.RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT EATING

TWO DRIED FIGS (~ 40 G) ON A REGULARBASIS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED THE

PLASMA ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY.BESIDES THE FRUIT, THE FIG STEM BARK

AND LEAVES ALL EXHIBIT STRONGANTIOXIDANT PROPERTIES.

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F I G S

I M P R O V E D I G E S T I O N

FIBER IMPROVES BOWEL MOVEMENT ANDHELPS ALLEVIATE CONSTIPATION. THREEPIECES OF FIGS CONTAINED 5 G OF FIBER.CELLULOSE, THE MAJOR FIBER PRESENT

IN FIGS FRUITS, INCREASES THEEXCRETION OF STOOLS BY INCREASING

THE WATER CONTENT AND BULK.

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F I G S

L O W E R B L O O D S U G A R L E V E L

ONE SPECIAL COMPOUND CALLEDFICUSIN, EXTRACTED FROM FIG LEAVES,SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE INSULIN

SENSITIVITY OF RATS. THESEPHYTOCHEMICALS HAVE

HYPOGLYCAEMIC PROPERTIES ANDMODULATE GLUCOSE TRANSPORTATION

TO SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASEDPOSTPRANDIAL BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL.

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F I G S

T R E A T M E N T O F A N A E M I A

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT DRIED FIGSHELP TO RELAX THE MUSCLE ANDRELIEVE SPASM OF MUSCLE. SUCH

PROPERTY OF FIGS IS ATTRIBUTED TOTHE PRESENCE OF ALKALOIDS,

FLAVONOIDS, SAPONINS AND TERPENES.IT ALSO HELPS IN RELAXING THE GUT

AND TREATING A DIFFERENTHYPERACTIVE GASTROINTESTINAL

DISORDER SUCH AS ABDOMINAL PAIN.

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F I G S

A N T I C A N C E R

FIGS IS A REMEDY IN FOLK MEDICINESINCLUDING NATURAL CANCER

TREATMENT. IT WAS SHOWN THAT SOMEBIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN FIGS

INHIBITED THE GROWTH OF VARIOUSHUMAN CANCER CELL LINE. RECENT

STUDIES SUGGESTED THAT THE ANTI-CANCER ACTIVITY OF FIG COULD BE DUE

TO THE PRESENCE OF STEROIDS ANDFLAVONOIDS, DUE TO THEIR FREERADICAL SCAVENGING ACTIVITY.

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F I G S

R E D U C E B L O O D P R E S S U R E

FIGS FRUIT CONTAINS A HIGH LEVEL OFPOTASSIUM AND A LOW LEVEL OFSODIUM. THE PROPER INTAKE OF

POTASSIUM ENABLE DIMINISHING THEEFFECTS OF SODIUM AND THEREBY

LOWERING THE BLOOD PRESSURE LEVEL.THIS FEATURE MAKES FIG SUITABLE FORFIGHTING AGAINST THE HYPERTENSION

CONDITIONS.

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F I G S

M A I N T A I N H A I R A N D S K I N H E A L T H

FIGS ARE A POPULAR INGREDIENT INMANY SHAMPOOS, CONDITIONERS ANDHAIR MASQUES. THE FRUIT IS BELIEVEDTO STRENGTHEN AND MOISTURIZE HAIRAND PROMOTE ITS GROWTH. DEFICIENCYOF EITHER ZINC OR COPPER IS KNOWN TOCAUSE HAIR LOSS. SO THE RICH CONTENTOF ZINC AND COPPER IN FIGS HELP KEEP

HAIR HEALTHY.

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F I G S

P R O M O T E B O N E H E A L T H

THE HIGH PHOSPHORUS CONTENT INFIGS PROMOTES BONE FORMATION ANDENCOURAGES RE-GROWTH IN THE CASE

OF DEGRADATION OF BONES. INADDITION, THE CALCIUM CONTENT IN

FIGS ALSO HELPS TO INCREASE THE BONEDENSITY. HENCE, FIGS SHOULD BE A PART

OF DAILY INTAKE FOR GROWING KIDS.

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F I G S

B O O S T I M M U N E S Y S T E M

THE RICH NUTRIENT PROFILES OF FIGSMAKE IT AN EXCELLENT SOURCE OF

DIETARY VITAMINS, MINERALS, PHENOLICCOMPOUNDS AND ANTIOXIDANTS. THE

PRESENCE OF THESE HEALTH-PROMOTING COMPOUNDS MAKES FIG A

GREAT IMMUNE SYSTEM BOOST TOSTIMULATE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM TO

FIGHT AGAINST DISEASES ANDDISORDERS.

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F I G S

R E L I E V E S P A S M A N D C R A M P S

RESEARCH HAS SHOWN THAT DRIED FIGSHELP TO RELAX THE MUSCLE ANDRELIEVE SPASM OF MUSCLE. SUCH

PROPERTY OF FIGS IS ATTRIBUTED TO THEPRESENCE OF ALKALOIDS, FLAVONOIDS,

SAPONINS AND TERPENES. IT ALSO HELPSIN RELAXING THE GUT AND TREATING A

DIFFERENT HYPERACTIVEGASTROINTESTINAL DISORDER SUCH AS

ABDOMINAL PAIN.

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F I G S

A N T I M I C R O B I A L

FIGS IS A NATURAL ANTIMICROBIALAGENT. STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT FIGEXTRACT IS ABLE TO COMBAT VARIOUS

BACTERIA AND FUNGI. IT WAS ALSONOTICED THAT THE LATEX OF FIG HAS APOWERFUL ANTIBACTERIAL PROPERTY

AGAINST SEVERAL SPECIES OF BACTERIA.