• In this fruit have high antioxidant activity that may help protect the body against damage due to oxidative stress. • Besides great taste, mangoes are rich in[r]
Trang 1BINH DUONG UNIVERSITY BIOTECHNOLOGY FACULTY
The English for specific Essay
Subject:
THE FOOD I LIKE!
Instructive lecturer:
Assoc.Prof BUI HUY NHU PHUC,PhD
Finished by: Group of 04SH03 class
Trang 2Introduction
Description
Nutritional value
Health News
CONTENT
Trang 3Introduction
Mangoes, Scientific Name: Mangifera indica
If you haven’t eaten one recently, are
deliciously sweet tropical fruits In fact, they are one of the most heavily exploited fruits for food, juice, color, and fragrance - native
to Southeast Asia but distributed widely in the world I really love about mangoes.Their taste like a beach vacation, is that they’re
always so different depending on where
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aromatic, sweet and sour.
Trang 5Mango fruits are oval and egg shaped with smooth, soft skin The skin is
usually a combination of green, red,
and yellow The interior flesh is bright orange and soft with a large Mangoes and papayas may be confused, but
papayas are more bell-shaped than
mangoes.
Description
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green when they are unripe.
• Mango trees are
long-lived evergreen trees that can reach
a height of 15 meters and width of
9 meters.
Trang 7• Mango leaves are
alternately arranged, long and narrow
shaped , 15
centimeters to 40
centimeters in
length.
Trang 8• The leaves are pinkish, amber, or
pale green-colored when young and become dark green at
maturity.
• The seed is as long as the fruit
itself and is generally 2,5
centimeters or so thick.
Trang 9Nutritional Value
This is a fruit including various
vitamins When the mango is green the amount of vitamin C is higher, as it
ripens the amount of beta carotene
(vitamin A) increases."
Trang 10We generally associate vitamin C
with its possible benefits in
preventing the common cold, but
there are lots of other reasons to pay close attention to your intake It
helps repair wounds, strengthens
blood vessels, is vital for healthy
teeth and gums and helps your body absorb iron from the food you eat.
Trang 11One mango
without peel
contains 1.0
grams of
protein and 3
grams of
dietary fiber
Potassium - 323
mg Calcium - 20.7 mg
Phosphorus - 22.8
mg Magnesium - 18.6
mg
Iron - 26 mg Also contains trace amounts of
selenium, copper ,
zinc manganese
Vitamin A - 8060
IU Vitamin C - 57.34
mg
Folate (important during pregnancy)
- 29 mcg
Vitamin B2 - 0.12
mg
Niacin - 1.2 mg
Vitamin B6 - 28
mg
Vitamin E - 3.51 IU
Trang 12It’s an important antioxydant,
associated with lowering risk of
many chronic diseases Mangoes are
an excellent source of vitamin C,
containing almost 40 percent of an
adult’s daily requirement
Trang 13Health News
As with all fruits, mangoes contain a
wealth of nutritionally active
compounds However, mangoes and
other tropical fruits have been less
investigated than other fruits and so
their nutritional properties are less well known.
Trang 14Mangoes do contain a variety of plant
chemicals including quercetin, a flavonoid found widely in fruits, vegetables, tea and
red wine, that has antihypertensive
chemical with significant health benefits
Trang 15• In this fruit have high antioxidant activity that
may help protect the body against damage due
to oxidative stress.
• Besides great taste, mangoes are rich in
nutrients including folic acid, vitamins A and C,
potassium and fibre
• Mangoes contain little sodium, almost no fat and
they are low in calories
• In this fruit have high antioxidant activity that
may help protect the body against damage due
to oxidative stress.
• Besides great taste, mangoes are rich in
nutrients including folic acid, vitamins A and C,
potassium and fibre
• Mangoes contain little sodium, almost no fat and
they are low in calories
One two one two
…one…two…!!
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Trang 17Ngoam… ngoam…
Trang 18Have a nice day everybody!
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