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Health Benefits of Pineapple

Health Benefits of Pineapple

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The pineapple is rich in enzymes and nutrients which impart it with preventive, curative and anti-inflammatory properties. The pineapple is a popular fruit which first grew wild in the West Indies and South America. It was known to the American Indians as “na na”, meaning “fragrance.” The Spanish explorers called it “pina”, since it resembles a pine cone. It is rich in content and health benefits and has a number of uses. The pineapple contains sulfur containing enzymes and a natural healing enzyme called bromelain. According to The George Mateljan Foundation “Bromelain is a complex mixture of substances that can be extracted from the stem and core fruit of the pineapple” which “has a wide variety of health benefits”. Both the juice and the fruit have digestive enzymes and nat...
Avoid Stress in the Office with Fruit

Avoid Stress in the Office with Fruit

Health
Stress is one of the greatest contributors to a lack of employee motivation and engagement. If you are looking for cost-effective ways to improve productivity, look no further than fresh fruit to make a surprisingly big difference to your work environment. The Great Fruit Experiment Fresh fruit is an easy way to increase employee engagement while working to combat stress at the same time. Fruitful Office's "Great Fruit Experiment" found that fruit in the workplace led to an 11% increase in the number of staff agreeing that their company "enabled them to work more productively." But the numbers get even higher. An amazing 79% of staff said that fruit made them feel more valued as an employee – a hugely important factor in employee engagement and motivation. If you want to avoid low...