The Amazing Facts of Oranges
Orange is sweet to eat but do you know some amazing facts of oranges?
Orange has a bright colored skin; its juicy fresh is sour-sweet and delicious to eat. They come in many varieties but sweet oranges (citrus sinensis) are mostly welcomed. People always bring a pack of oranges when visiting friends or relatives in the hospital.
Oranges are known as the best fruit for disease treatment. They are major sources of vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, citrus acid, beta-carotene, aldehyde, and compounds of alcohol ENE group. Hesperidins (a predominant flavonoid in lemons and oranges) are other essential component that makes up the oranges.
The recent clinical experiments had shown that subjects who drank a glass of hesperidins-rich orange juice daily for four weeks has a significant increased in their HDL-Cholesterol level (good cholesterol). Besides that, hesperidins also have significantly increased their folate levels. Folate has shown to cause the decline levels of homocysteine which is an amino acid in the blood believed to give rise of heart disease. Too much homocysteine in the blood (plasma) is also associated with a higher risk of stroke and peripheral vascular disease.
Eat some oranges or drink a glass of orange juice after taking medicine, is proved to enhance the absorption of body towards the medicine. This in turns improves the effect of pharmacodynamics, that is biochemical and physiological effects of medicines.
Oranges is suitable for everyone but make sure that the intake is not exceeded three pieces a day. The best is one orange for one a day. The orange is not suitable to take before meal or empty stomach as the organic acids in the orange can stimulate the secretion of gastric acid which is not good for our stomach. Do not drink milk one hour before or after taking an orange as the protein in milk will be solidified when it meets with acids and hence influencing the digestion.
Orange is sweet and delicious to eat but make sure that you brush your teeth after eating orange to avoid its harmful to oral health. Do not drink water boiled with orange peel as the skin may have contaminated with chemical preservative which is hardly to wash away. Large doses of oranges and other citrus fruits can be carcinogenic. The common symptoms are the skin of limbs may become yellowish; in a serious case, the person may have symptoms like nausea, vomiting, fidgety and sleepiness. These are symptoms called “citrus fruit sickness” or its medical terminology, carotene hyperlipidemia. In most cases, these symptoms require no treatment but you have to stop eating oranges for certain periods.
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anne | Jan 27, 2008 | Reply
yum!! orange is very delicious!!!
cutie | Jan 27, 2008 | Reply
yeah! ur right, anne!! orange is really yummy!! it helps me when i’m sick..=)
behnoosh | Apr 8, 2008 | Reply
delicious!!!!
bob | May 29, 2008 | Reply
oranges rock man
gretchy | Jun 23, 2008 | Reply
this is site is so useful, haha.. coz im doing my thesis now on flavonoids!!!
mr. orange A18 | Jun 25, 2008 | Reply
yeah, oranges are sooooooo kool, i have one every day because im kool too just like oranges! yeah!
mr. orange and mr.banana! A18 | Jul 2, 2008 | Reply
hey, we forgot about bananas! their both really cool, try recipies that haver both of them! for double the coolness!
fruity cool A18 | Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
I DONT LIKE POMEGRAMETES, THEIR AS BAD AS JAKE FORDS HAIR!!!! THATS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO UNCOOL. EVERYONE CALLS HIM LOLA BUT I DONT CALL POLEGRAMETES LOLA, THATS JUST STUPID!!!
mr.apple/lolypop A18 | Jul 9, 2008 | Reply
bannanas r so cool like me:)
orange freek | Jul 12, 2008 | Reply
i like to take them and rub them all over my body… makes me feel like a pritty girl
Sharkpredator | Dec 18, 2008 | Reply
wtf?
chipmunk | Jan 26, 2009 | Reply
talking about oranges turned to talking about bananas…interesting… :] i like oranges…and bananas…and grapes…and strawberries! mmm…
duck | Jan 28, 2009 | Reply
i love pomegrametes aka lolaaa
bubbles | Jan 29, 2009 | Reply
oranges are very tasty!!
Chipmunk 2 | Jan 29, 2009 | Reply
oranges rock dude yea
Chunky Lover 93 | Jan 29, 2009 | Reply
Oranges AreNot Fatning That y I DOnt Eat Them
Nicole Harrison | Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
That is very interesting. I really like it when you listed that “subjects who drank a glass of hesperidins-rich orange juice daily for four weeks has a significant increased in their HDL-Cholesterol level (good cholesterol).” That could really help people who have high cholesterol!!! Well have a good day sir/mam.
Webkinz Pal:] | Feb 2, 2009 | Reply
I HATE ORANGES!!! THERE NASTY AS CRAPE!!!!!!!!
girly | Feb 24, 2009 | Reply
I love oranges…………………….
courtney | Feb 24, 2009 | Reply
oranges are very good…………………..
OrangeHead | Feb 25, 2009 | Reply
I like to make my orange babies Do it!
CAuse i swallow seeds da seeds sometimes, so i have to make moreeee
bestroomate!! | Feb 25, 2009 | Reply
OMG! my roomate does the same thing
she takes orange seeds and makes them have sex
but i just eat them
so i have a orange tree growing inside of me
CHAN LEE PENG | Feb 25, 2009 | Reply
To Oranghead and bestroomate,
Though orange is good, you’re not encouraged to swallow its seeds.
Take care and regards,
Chan
OrangeHead | Feb 25, 2009 | Reply
Yo bestroomie,
i bet yo roomie b bangn hott!
she and i should combine our internal seeds
tell her call me.
And Chan, do all oranges have seeds?
bestroomate | Feb 25, 2009 | Reply
wow,
Your a smarty pants ill try not to swallow anymore seeds
(don’t know if i can say the same about my roomate)
do you know why some oranges dont have seeds?
I just thought a person as smart and beautiful as yourself would know the answer to that
bestroomate | Feb 25, 2009 | Reply
to orangehead,
im sure you would love to hookup with my roomie
but im sorry to say she is a total freak
she makes seeds have sex
and shes always eating oranges none stop!
but dont worry i have other roomates….
OrangeHead | Feb 25, 2009 | Reply
Best roomie
i bet u suck as a roomate, i bet u always have Calzones, and dont share except the sloppy crusty corner
And as for ur other roomies, none of them could satisfy my love for oranges the way ur beautiful roomie does
bestroomate | Feb 25, 2009 | Reply
Dear OrangeHead,
You’re a dumbass im not just a good roommate im the best hence my name “bestroomate”
and my roomates face is always stuffed with oranges for me to give her any of my food anyways
its ok because shes the only roomie i love, the others ones can go die in a hole
xoxox
bestroomate
Priya J | Apr 20, 2009 | Reply
You\’ve mentioned aboyt citrus fruit sickness…. how valid is this fact
william henry bierman | Apr 30, 2009 | Reply
hi i love oranges
Fundo | May 9, 2009 | Reply
Have any of you seen those funny carved oranges?
Navo | May 13, 2009 | Reply
omg yes fundo
those are soooo funny
i just love them
p.s. your moms hot
mastah ''zifi'' | May 16, 2009 | Reply
man dish ish mah favorite fruit…yummy..
emilsrfdrtgfl;osj oed,xnka | May 16, 2009 | Reply
oranages are…………
red
amanda | May 26, 2009 | Reply
what are those things called that grow on the orange there like a baby orange peel on its self?
Mr. Howard | Jul 2, 2009 | Reply
sam has sexual fantasies about oranges, you’ll never guess where he sticks them….
Sam Isaac | Jul 2, 2009 | Reply
Yeah, i kida do ya know, it’s just that they are so…hard, and like..orange..it’s just, I can’t leave them alone..I even itroduced them to my mum and dad, it really spices up your sex life…unfortunately, I wouldn’t know what it was like with a girl, coz girls only think I’m cute
giag | Sep 30, 2009 | Reply
pmg oranges are awsome dude…like totaly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!