Fruit is well-known for its nutritional value and health benefits, with the saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away" being familiar to many. However, doctors have singled out one fruit for its exceptional healing properties. Dr William W Li, MD, a physician, medical scientist and Harvard graduate, has praised the virtues of kiwifruit on his official website.
Known for leading the Angiogenesis Foundation, Dr Li's work has influenced over seventy diseases, including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. Despite commonly being referred to as 'kiwi', Dr Li insists the correct term is kiwifruit. "It's actually a large berry that originated in China, where it was once collected from the wild for medicinal purposes", he clarified.
He further explained how consuming kiwifruit can significantly benefit your digestive system. "With that settled, we should thank the kiwifruit for the positive improvements it brings to our microbiome (maintaining the integrity of our lining to prevent 'leaky gut'), glucose metabolism, and lipid metabolism", he stated. Dr Li lauds the kiwifruit's capacity to repair DNA and prevent damage to your DNA, which could help combat diseases like cancer, reports Bristol Live .
"Kiwifruit also contains high levels of vitamin C, chlorogenic acid and quinic acid, which all have antioxidant effects," he added. "Perhaps most interestingly, researchers at the Rowett Research Institute in Scotland examined kiwifruit's ability to reduce DNA damage..