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Pineapple

Healthy Smoothie Recipes with Pineapple

About Pineapple

Pineapples are native to South America and was cultivated by the Mayas and Aztecs.  It was first introduced to Europe by Christopher Columbus.  The largest producers of pineapple are Costa Rica, Phillipines, Brazil, and Thailand.

Nutrition Benefits of Pineapple

Pineapple is an excellent source of manganese and vitamin C.  It is also high in Bromelain – which is a proteolytic enzyme.  Bromelain has been linked to potential benefits related to anti-inflammation, digestion, and cancer fighting properites.  Vitamin C helps with immune support.  Manganese has been linked to energy production and antioxidant defenses.

Smoothie Tip

We typically buy frozen pineapple to be used in smoothies.  They are cheaper and last a very long time.

Nutrition Facts
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Pineapple scores well for 10 health goals

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Sleep

Recipe Score:94

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Breastfeeding

Recipe Score:90

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Cancer

Recipe Score:90

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Lung Cancer

Recipe Score:90

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Allergy

Recipe Score:88

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Recipe Score:88

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Blood Pressure

Recipe Score:86

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Liver

Recipe Score:86

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Breast Cancer

Recipe Score:84

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Fat Loss

Recipe Score:84

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The Research

Sleep

Sleep: Score 94

Summary:

Human: Orange provides a dietary source of melatonin. It increases the serum melatonin concentrations of healthy volunteers in proportion to serum melatonin levels.

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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding: Score 90

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Animal: Pineapple contains bromelain, which increases milk yield, milk composition and has no effects on mammary health.

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Cancer

Cancer: Score 90

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Human: Pineapple contains bromelain, which has anti-metastic potential in lung cancer cells. Animal: It has anti-tumor properties. In Vitro: It exhibits anti-skin cancer and anti-melanoma activity. It has anti-tumor activity against skin cancer cells. It inhibits invasive properties of glioma cells. It may have anti-skin tumor activity. It induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells.

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Lung Cancer

Lung Cancer: Score 90

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Human: Pineapple contains bromelain, which has anti-metastatic potential as demonstrated in lung cancer cells.

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Allergy

Allergy: Score 88

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Bromelain may benefit sinusitis.

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Diabetes (Type 2)

Diabetes (Type 2): Score 88

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Animal: Pineapple leaf has insulin sensitizing activity. It has anti-diabetic, anti-dyslipidemic and anti-oxidative activities.

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Blood Pressure

Blood Pressure: Score 86

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All help increase the amounts of natural potassium, magnesium, and fiber you take in. Potassium research: They are high in potassium, which helps to naturally reduce your blood pressure.

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Liver

Liver: Score 86

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Animal: Pineapple contains bromelain, which has indications it may have liver protective effects after injury.

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Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Score 84

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In Vitro: Pineapple induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells.

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Fat Loss

Fat Loss: Score 84

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Animal: Pineapple contains bromelain, which may be a potent modulator of obesity.

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How Our Scoring System Works

For each health goal, we assigned a score to each recipe and each ingredient. This helps you better understand the correlation that medical research is suggesting between foods and benefits to various health goals. Our scoring system is based on REAL RESEARCH published on pubmed.gov. This is a website that curates over 25 million different biomedical journals.

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What we consider when creating your scores:

  • 1Type of Study (human, animal, lab, or academic review)
  • 2Amount of Research
  • 3What the Research Says
  • 4How much of the ingredient we use (for the recipes)
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