The human body is a living organism. The more live food you consume the better your body will perform. If you believe that we are what we eat then the quality of food we consume does matter.
I recently chatted with a good friend who just last year relocated to the Island of St. Croix. She told me how wonderful it was to have a panoramic view of the ocean from her office window and to have lunch on the beach everyday. However, it wasn’t until she described her morning breakfast that I longed for what she had. I just couldn’t imagine the pleasure of eating papayas and sweet juicy mangoes every morning for breakfast. Just being in the presence of fresh fruit and vegetables increases my energy level and my appreciation for God’s desire to create such life giving food for His children.
Even if you don’t share my passion for fresh food, you have to admit that the mango is one of most popular and fragrant imported fruits on the planet. It’s not hard to find products ranging from candy to candles where manufactures have copied the amazing fragrance and flavor of the mango. To copy the mango’s nutritional profile, however, would be no small feat. The mango is rich in antioxidants, minerals and vitamins. Only 3 ounces (approximately 3 slices) contains 3,890IU of Vitamin A, making this fruit a powerful weapon in the war against cancer. Its high fiber content not only helps alleviate constipation, it can help reduce cholesterol levels for a healthy heart and liver.
I recently read a cute story about the life of the late Jack Floweree, a self-proclaimed mango prophet who grew mangoes in south Florida. He loved mangoes and preached their health benefits to anyone who listened. He spoke of the mango like a mother would of her child. In fact, this fruit was so dear to Jack that he believed the mango, not the apple, was the forbidden fruit in the Bible that tempted Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Jack believed that when God saw what Adam and Eve had done, He shouted down in anger “Man-go!” because He alone wanted to eat the mango.
No matter how you slice it, to me, the mango is a sweet, sweet, heavenly fragrant, fibrous health-food gone right!! Only God could have made the mango tree.
A-Maysing Health to you all.
References:
Mango Grower Loves Fruits of his Labor. Frazier Moore. New Press. November 3, 1975.
Living Foods for Optimum Health – Brian R. Clement – Three Rivers Press, New York, NY. 1996-1998. Originally published by Prima Publishing, Roseville, CA in 1998
