Tangerine is one of the related varieties of oranges. This citrus orange, which has botanical name Citrus tangerina is widely known for its close relation to mandarin orange. The name of tangerines comes from Tangier, Morocco. But, this fruit is originated in South Eastern forests of China and nowadays, it is widely grown in most part of the world.
The health benefits of eating Tangerines are as follows;
Help Your Body to Absorb Iron
Iron is one of the most important nutrients in your body. If your body doesn’t have a proper amount of iron, you will feel so tired and sluggish easily, even if you just sit down on your couch. Also, lack of iron will make a dark circles appear just under your eyes, which will affect your appearance. So, eating tangerine which is a perfect source of Vitamin C will help to protect you from those problems because Vitamin C, if syncs up with dietary iron, will enable your body to absorb iron easily.
Remove Toxic in the Body
It is also revealed that tangerines can get rid of toxins in your body. When you consume tangerine, it will act as depurative which will help you to purify your blood. This fruit is also will encourage the excretion of the toxic or other unwanted substance like uric acid or pollutant through a sweat or urine.
Strengthen Your Bones
There is a study conducted at Tuft University on men which resulted that men who are consumed high amount of Vitamin C and Potassium had a better density on their bones compared with the men who didn’t consume Vitamin C and Potassium regularly. So, if you want to add some Vitamin C and Potassium in your body, tangerine is the perfect choice.
Strengthen Your Immune System
The vitamin C that contained in tangerines will also improve your immune system. By consuming tangerines, you will be less likely to have various diseases such as cold, influenza, fever, and other symptoms. So if you want to stay healthy all the time, consuming tangerine is the best way to achieve it.
Anti-Aging Skin
Do you have any skin problems like acne or pimple that affects your confidence? Tangerines offer you the solution of your problem since it contains a high amount of Vitamin A. Vitamin A is very beneficial for your skin because this vitamin can stimulate your skin tissues to rebuild. In addition to that, Vitamin A in tangerines has anti-aging properties which are essential to protect you from various skin problems like wrinkles, fine line, and dull skin. So, if you want to look younger than your age, consume tangerines.
Prevent Stroke
As already mentioned above, tangerines contain a rich amount of potassium. This potassium could prevent you from disease associated with stroke like blood clotting. There is a study conducted by Nurse’s Healthy Study on more than 69 thousand people. The result is, people who consume tangerines had 19 percent lower risk of having the disease associated with stroke like blood clotting.
Prevent Diabetes
Some researchers from the University of Western Ontario evidence that tangerines is also the perfect source of flavonoid compounds called nobiletin. This component will encourage your body to burn the fat and prevent the manufacture process of fat. Thus, you will be more likely to avoid the disease caused by fat in your body like diabetes type 2.
Healthier Digestive System
Do you know that one tangerine fruit has the same amount of water compared with 3-4 ounces of mineral water? Well, tangerine is also one of the most juiciest fruits. This high amount of water together with the Vitamin A from tangerines would be beneficial to encourage the absorption of nutrients from the food that you just ate and keep digestive tract hydrated.
Prevent Cancer
Tangerines contain a compound called limonoids. According to some researchers in Korea, this limonoids compound might prevent the spread of leukemia and breast cancer. But, please do notice that this research was conducted in an animal and still not yet discovered whether it will work as the same result in the human or not.
