Pears are healthy and taste wonderfully sweet at the same time. We’ll tell you which vitamins and nutritional values are in the autumnal pome fruit.
Pears: sweet, healthy and rich in vitamins
What makes pears so healthy is above all their high content of various vitamins and minerals:
Vitamin C: If you eat just one pear a day, you have already covered seven percent of your daily vitamin C requirement. This strengthens your immune system and supports your metabolism.
Folic acid: Folic acid is one of the B vitamins and helps your body to form new cells and fresh blood.
Potassium: This mineral ensures that the stimulus transmission of the muscles works properly. A potassium deficiency can therefore lead to muscle cramps.
Calcium: Calcium is essential for our body because it strengthens bones, teeth and cell walls.
Iron: Oxygen transport in the blood would not be possible without sufficient iron.
Vitamin A: This vitamin is particularly important in summer because it not only supports your vision, it also protects your skin from damage caused by UV rays.
Tip: It is best to eat pears with their skins on. Because most of the vitamins are hidden in and under it. However, it is important that you buy organic pears that have not been treated with pesticides. If you eat a lot of pears, you might want to peel them. According to studies by the German Institute for Human Nutrition in Potsdam, pear skins contain a high concentration of the substance arbutin, which your intestinal bacteria can convert into the substance hydroquinone. Animal experiments have shown that this substance is carcinogenic – it is still unclear whether it also increases the risk of colon cancer in the human intestine.
Lots of fiber, little fruit acid – that’s what makes pears healthy
The pear is one of the most high-fiber types of fruit and is therefore very healthy, especially if you have problems with digestion. A pear already contains three grams of fiber per 100 grams. If you eat the pome fruit at least once a day, you support your digestion and stay full longer.
One of the reasons why pears taste so sweet is that they contain very little fruit acid. This makes them a very stomach-friendly fruit, which is why they can also be eaten well by the elderly and babies.
Caution: If you suffer from fructose intolerance, you should avoid pears, as they contain a lot of fructose (6.8 grams per 100 grams) and only a little glucose (1.7 grams per 100 grams). Because of the high fructose content, you shouldn’t eat more than one or two pears a day, even if you don’t have an intolerance, as excess fructose increases the risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease and gout.
Pears: Healthy, low in calories and fat
Pears are not only healthy, but also relatively low in calories. 100 grams of pome fruit contain only 55 calories. At the same time, 100 grams of pears have just 0.3 grams of fat. That’s why you can eat pears as a snack even if you want or need to eat a low-fat diet.
