Pineapple: Botanical Name-Ananas Comosus

Pineapple is the second most popular tropical fruit, native to South America particularly in Brazil and Paraguay. Pineapple is also known as Piña, Nanas and Ananas.
The name pineapple in English comes from the similarity of the fruit to a pine cone.

In India North East region gives us the largest production of this juicy sweet acidic fruit of Kew variety and the Queen Variety.

The pineapple fruit has vitamins, minerals, fiber and enzymes that is good for the digestive system and helps in maintaining ideal weight and balanced nutrition. Pineapples are a good source of Vitamin C and can be eaten raw or used in cooking. Pineapple has minimal fat and sodium with no-cholesterol. Delicious, healthy and nutritious.

Pineapple contains micro-nutrients that experts believe protects against cancer and this micro-nutrients also break up blood clots and is beneficial to the heart. The ripe pineapple has diuretic properties. Pineapple juices also kill intestinal worms. It also relieves intestinal disorders and soothes the bile. Pineapple juice contains chemicals that stimulates the kidneys and aids in removing toxic elements in the body.

Pineapple contains a mixture of enzymes called Bromelain which blocks the production of kinins that form when there is inflammation. Test has shown that this blocking property of Bromelain in pineapple helps reduce swelling brought about by arthritis, gout, sore throat and acute sinusitis. This also helps accelerate the healing of wounds due to injury or surgery. To help reduce inflammation, eat/drink pineapple in between meals. If eaten during or after meals, the enzymes will be utilized for digesting food.