Although both come from plants and contain fiber and various kinds of essential nutrients, in some fruits and vegetables had a difference. The fruit has a number of advantages that are not owned by the vegetables.
Excerpted from the LIVESTRONG, Tuesday (23/11/2010), the following three advantages fruit than vegetables.
1. Source of quick energy
Various types of fruits contain simple sugars such as glucose and fructose which does not need to be broken down through enzymatic digestion. Simple sugar is more easily absorbed in the intestine, thus more quickly converted into energy.
In contrast, most vegetables have a taste more bitter because the structure of its sugar content to form a long chain polysaccharide. To be used as a source of energy, needs to be broken once polysaccharides into simple sugars so that takes more time.
2. More antioxidant-rich
Compared to vegetables, fresh fruits such as apples, cherries, blueberries and raspberries have a higher content of flavonoids. These compounds serve to protect cells from inflammation (inflammation) and the damage so it can fight the effects of aging.
3. No need to be cooked
In addition to vegetables, vegetables are rarely eaten raw especially directly from the tree. This is what distinguishes the fruits that almost everything can be consumed directly without having to be cooked first.
Even some kinds of vegetables are used for actual vegetables including fruits category, such as cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers.
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