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Color check doesn’t work with some kind of fruits, but it comes in handy when it comes to checking the ripeness of kiwis. Kiwis with distinctly green skin are usually overripe, so it’s best to stick to goldish or dark brown ones—especially if they’re firm to the touch.
Squeeze Test
Speaking of checking the firmness of your kiwis, gently squeezing them goes a long way when you’re trying to check their ripeness. If they yield to your squeeze and aren’t too mushy, they’re probably good to go, while hard kiwis will take a few more days to fully ripen.
No Damage
In addition to avoiding mushy kiwis, you should also keep away from fruits with obvious signs of damage. Shriveled and withered kiwis with bruising, blemishes, and wrinkles are best avoided, but you can always try to remove them if you’ve already bought damaged fruits.
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There Are More Than 60 Species of Kiwi
Most of us know kiwi as fruit with fuzzy brown skin and green flesh. But, as it turns out, this is just one of more than 60 species of kiwi. The kiwi fruit can come in various shapes, sizes, flavors, and colors. New Zealand-based company Zespri even managed to cultivate a kiwi that has red-ish flesh with a berry-like taste.
Kiwi is Native to China
Most people associate kiwi with New Zealand, especially since kiwifruit got its name after kiwi bird. However, the fruit actually originated in China, with the country still being its largest producer with a production of two million tons on a yearly basis. New Zealand, on the other hand, ranks third behind Italy and annually produces 528,000 tonnes of kiwi.
Kiwi is Full of Nutrients and Low in Calories
Kiwi comes with a lot of benefits, including high content of Vitamin C and fiber. It is also a source of several other vitamins and potassium. Another great thing about kiwi is that this awesome fruit is low in calories despite being sweet.
You Can Tenderize Meat with Kiwi
If you want to make your steak or some other cut of meat tender, don’t immediately reach for a hammer. Instead, just make a kiwi puree and let the meat marinate in it for around 15 minutes. The enzyme actinidain found in kiwi will break down the proteins in meat and make it tender in a heartbeat.
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]]>If you’re a fan of in-season, local fruit, keep an eye out for these spring fruits at your local grocery store or market.
Lemons
Lemons are at their peak in late winter and early spring, making them a great choice for this time of the year. Their tart flavor and range of uses, from lemon peel in cakes to lemon juice in citrus marinades, make them a versatile and incredibly useful fruit to have in your kitchen.
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Kiwis come into their peak season in the spring in the Northern Hemisphere, which means that you can enjoy a more local product instead of something imported from Australia or New Zealand. Not only are these fruits delicious, but they’re also incredibly healthy.
Grapefruit
Grapefruit is another one of our spring picks, as it comes into season just around the same time as their citrus cousin, the lemon does. Grapefruits provide a great Vitamin C boost to help you avoid getting sick and they’re are also super tasty if you like tart flavors.
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]]>The low-glycemic diet is based on eating foods that, despite containing sugars and carbohydrates, do not introduce these sugars into your bloodstream in a quick and drastic way.
This diet has particular benefits for people trying to lose weight, people with diabetes and people who are trying to lessen their risk of the disease.
Here are four suggestions for fruits that you can eat without experiencing immediate blood sugar spikes.
Apples
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#snackgüstoApples don’t contain tons of fast-acting sugars, which makes them a good option for those looking to follow a low-glycemic diet. They’re portable and great as a mid-day snack.
Strawberries
Surprisingly, strawberries are another great option for low-glycemic diets. Although they’re a sweet treat, they have a surprisingly high fiber content, which slows down their action on blood sugar levels.
Kiwis
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Kiwis are a good option too, but be careful and be sure to eat them with the skin on. Without skin, they creep into higher glycemic territory. The fiber content of the skin makes them slower-acting with sugars.
Pears
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n David PhotographyFinally, pears are one of the best low-glycemic fruits for people looking to follow an LG diet. They’re sweet, but their skin protects people from having a blood sugar spike when eating them.
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When eating kiwis, most people tend to peel off and throw away the fuzzy, brown skin which covers the fruit’s flesh. This is because the skin has a strange “furry” texture, and people sometimes find it unappetizing.
Did you know, however, that kiwi skins are actually edible? Not only are they edible, but eating them is a great way to enjoy more nutritional benefits from the fruit.
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FoodieStudies have shown that consuming the skin of the kiwi fruit has loads of health benefits. First off, the skin contains the majority of the fruit’s fiber. Consuming the skin gives you a boost of fiber that’s nearly double what you’d get from only the flesh.
In addition, the skins contain large quantities of Vitamin C, folate, and the crucial Vitamin E antioxidant.
Getting past the strange texture of the kiwi skin can be a challenge at first. Nonetheless, its flavor isn’t off-putting, really. It adds an earthy, but neutral taste to a kiwi that might make it taste a little less sweet.
If you don’t want to eat the skin with the whole fruit, you can try using the kiwi fruit with skin in a smoothie. Yum! It might sound strange, but trying kiwi skins is definitely worth it.
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