Kiwifruit contain the following nutritional compounds:
- Ascorbic acid
- Calcium (fruit)
- Chromium
- Copper (trace amount)
- Folic acid
- Pantothenic acid
- Choline
- Betaine
- Iron (trace amount)
- Manganese (trace amount)
- Magnesium
- Niacin
- Phosphorus
- Potassium
- Riboflavin (trace amount)
- Selenium (trace amount)
- Sodium
- Thiamine (trace amount)
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B₆
- Vitamin B₁₂
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin E
- Vitamin K
- Zinc (trace amount)
This is an amazing variety of nutrients to be found in just one fruit. This effectively makes the kiwifruit far superior (nutritionally-speaking) to any other fruit, and is in fact comparable with the nutritional values of vegetables.
Not only does kiwifruit contain a great range of nutrients, they contain meaningful amounts of all the most desirable ones.
Kiwifruit compares favourably against the wholefood grain family in that kiwifruit easily not only matches their nutritional values calorie by calorie, but kiwifruit also contains some useful compounds that the grain family doesn’t.
An interesting but little known fact about the kiwifruit is that it is actually a berry.
It may be a similar size to an apple or a pear, but apples, pears and many other fruit grow on trees.
While actinidia vines can reach up to 25′ in height, they are actually botanically shrubs and not trees. They are often called vines, but even that term isn’t technically correct because they have no tentacles to support themselves, unlike grape vines, for example, which are true vines.
Berries hold more nutritional value than other fruits because their smaller seeds are packed with nutrients to assist those seeds survive and for the continuation of the species.
Grapes are also considered to be berries, so perhaps next time you visit someone in hospital, you may consider bringing them health-giving kwifruit instead of grapes.
