Grapes are better for you than raisins.
While raisins are actually dried grapes the fresh grapes that are not dried into raisins are better for you and healthier for you as they contain more vitamins and nutrients and antioxidants that can be depleted during the drying process.
Raisins still are healthy for you but fresh grapes are much healthier for you to eat.
The healthiest color of grapes are black grapes, red grapes and purple grapes.
Grapes are naturally high in sugar although they are low to moderate GI.
Certain fruits like bananas, grapes, cherries and mangoes are full of carbohydrates and sugar and may raise your blood sugar levels quickly.
These are all fruits with a high glycemic index, which measures the increase in the blood glucose levels after eating a particular food.
The best grape is the Thompson Seedless Grape.
The Thompson seedless grape also known as the sultana is a "white", oval seedless grape variety also called the sultanina, Thompson Seedless, Lady de Coverly, and oval-fruited Kishmish. It is also known as İzmir üzümü in Turkey since this variety has been extensively grown in the region around İzmir. Wikipedia
A Thompson seedless grape is a variety that is pale green to yellow in color.
This fruit has no seeds and tastes rather sweet.
Sultana varietal is the name used in California.
Thompson's Seedless is the most widely planted grape in California, though most of its fruit is used for raisins, table grapes, and jug wine, but it is not a wine grape.
Thompson Seedless Grape Vine is self-fertile, but the fruit crop will be larger if the tree is planted with a second tree.
Thompson Seedless grapes are one of the most popular varieties of grapes.
Although all types of grapes are healthy, red grapes and Concord grapes are higher in flavonoids and phytonutrients, including resveratrol.
Though sometimes available fresh, Concord grapes are usually used to make grape juice, grape jelly and grape flavoring.
In terms of the health aspects, the black grape is considered to be more nutritional.
Most of the health experts and the nutritionists recommend black grapes to red grapes.
When comparing the antioxidant content in black and red grapes, the black grapes have more antioxidants than the red grapes.
Some of the health benefits of grapes include.
May aid heart health.
High in antioxidants.
May have anticancer effects.
May protect against diabetes and lower blood sugar levels.
May benefit eye health.
May improve memory, attention, and mood.
May protect against bacteria and fungi.