dried fruit apricots

How to make dried apricots?

We have apricot fruit from our garden. Dried apricots Pl.suggest how do? We also advise you if any preservatives to be used. Thanks

I have mine sliced 1 / 4 inch thick sprinkle with a little sugar in my machine got beef jerky. dehydrated, it's mine for 7 hours in ziplock finish.put months.good last Fortunately, I have mine at k mart. $ 20.

Staying young and healthy with apricots

This delicious yellow-orange drupe is a source of joy to their avid fans. Like it directly of your hand or a sweet dessert, this pubescent fruit surface certainly offers many benefits for the body. As tasty as it is, an apricot is also used to develop his youth.

A younger looking skin and healthy lives of those who include a couple of this fruit in your daily diet is clear evidence of what it can bring. Now let's look more closely at how this wonderful fruit can be very useful to you.

Carotenoids
The secret of power lies in its high-apricot level a powerful antioxidant called carotenoids. Free oxygen form of carotenoids such as lycopene, alpha-carotene, beta-carotene and organic pigments are useful for men.

Beta-carotene is converted by the body to vitamin A which is beneficial to the eyes, protecting the eyes of functional impairment, decreases the risk of cataracts, and prevents the eyes from xerophthalmia, a disease that dries the conjunctival epithelium.

Apricots also protect the heart through its famous bright red carotenoid called lycopene. Lycopene protects the heart by reducing blood levels of LDL (bad cholesterol) which causes the formation of plaque in blood vessels, which in turn trigger a series of heart disease. The Agriculture Department says the United States is the antioxidant lycopene most powerful among other carotenoids as this extinguishes peroxyl radicals that damage DNA initiating cancer. Lycopene helps in fighting breast cancer and cancer prostate.

Dried apricots are good sources of lycopene. People susceptible to these diseases should include apricots in their diet.

Other properties and benefits
Velvety apricots are also high in fiber. Apricots are used to prevent and relieve constipation and may even cause diarrhea. Three apricots are sufficient to take effect. This also means that can help cut weight, have a normal digestion, and control levels of blood sugar. Fiber also keeps blood vessels from being congested.

Apricots are also rich in potassium that helps in regulating blood pressure and contraction heart.The the apricot kernels are equally nutritious. Each core has several useful properties that have been shown to relieve cough and helps the respirator system to be toned. But before eating a nucleus, the tip of the seeds should be cut because it contains high levels of laetrile that can upset the stomach.

Apricots are also rich in vitamin C and iron
Apricots also help the body fight Alzheimer's disease, memory loss, and an eye-related disease called with aging macular degeneration.

Around the world and beyond
Apricot is a traditional Chinese medicine that helps in restoring liquids lost body (which also prevents dehydration) and in detoxifying the body. Without knowing what they did, the Chinese also ate apricots improve your fertility. We now know that this fruit is abundant in minerals that increase the production of sex hormones.In Hunza Valley in the Himalayas, people used apricots as a staple. Many centenarians live in this area.

Because the benefits, Europeans have long thought of apricots to be aphrodisiacs. In fact, William Shakespeare represented apricot in A Midsummer Night's Dream as such. In The Duchess of Malfi, apricots is presented as an inducer of childbirth.Three centuries ago, the English used apricot oil to fight tumors and ulcers.

Officials with the National Aeronautics and Space said that astronauts (in flight) included apricot on their menu for a number of occasions already. In fact, apricots have been on the menu of the Apollo 15 journey.

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