If you eat 2 oranges everyday you'll have more energy, boost your immune system, protect your heart and prevent heart disease, may even prevent cancer, give a youthful glow on your face and protect your skin from damage caused by free radicals.
Eating oranges can also help to stop or slow dandruff and protect your bones.
Too many oranges can cause upset stomach or diarrhea or even indigestion or acid on the stomach.
You should eat at least 1 to 2 oranges a day such as for breakfast and or lunch or as a snack through the day.
It is OK to eat an orange everyday as oranges are very healthy but you should avoid eating oranges at night as they can cause acid on the stomach and indigestion which can disrupt your sleep.
The benefits of eating oranges are boosted immune system, improved energy, lower blood sugar levels, keeping your blood sugar levels in check, reducing and lowering high cholesterol and prevention of cardiovascular disease and improved heart health.
Eating oranges also benefits your bones as they contain 55 milligrams of calcium which is important to build and keep strong bones and maintain good bone health.
The best way to buy oranges is to buy the oranges when they are fully ripe and feel heavy and have a firm and finely textured skin.
However even oranges with a greenish hue color can be just as ripe and tasty as those oranges with bright orange colors.
However if the oranges have soft spots or feel spongy then they are bad and should not be purchased.
The best time to buy oranges is from December through March.
Blood oranges are best bought from December through April and Clementine oranges as well as tangerines are best bought between October and January.
The best oranges in the world are in South Africa which are the Rex Union oranges.
Other best oranges in the world are.
Arancia del Gargano. Gargano. Italy.
Arancia di Ribera. Province of Agrigento. Italy.
Portokalia Maleme Chanion Kritis. Chania. Greece.
Arancia Rossa di Sicilia. Province of Enna. Italy.
Jaffa Orange. Tel Aviv. Israel.
Florida Oranges. Florida.
The sweetest juiciest orange is the Valencia orange which are very juicy and are very sweet as well as being seedless and fairly large and abundant.
Cara Cara oranges are also pretty juicy and one of the healthiest oranges.
The reason some oranges not tasting good anymore is due to extreme weather events such as winter freezes and hurricanes that place added stress on the orange tress which spur chemical changes which cause bitterness.
A Cara Cara orange is not the same as a blood orange although they belong to the same species of citrus fruits.
Blood oranges have darker maroons and reds or even near black colors and Cara Cara oranges have a pink flesh color.
Cara Cara oranges are better for you than regular oranges as they contain 20 percent more Vitamin C and 30 percent more vitamin A than regular oranges.
Cara Cara oranges are also a great source of folate, dietary fiber, potassium and carotenoid lycopene.
A Cara Cara orange is crossed with a washing Navel orange and a Brazilian Bahia Navel orange.
The Cara Cara orange is a cousin of the blood oranges.
The difference between Cara Cara and navel oranges is Cara Cara has a red pink color that looks similar to grapefruit.
Navel oranges have a typical yellow, orange flesh.
The navel orange is also sweet and a bit acidic in taste and the Cara Cara is sweet, tart in taste with notes of rose, raspberry, blackberry and cranberry.
Navel oranges are called navel oranges as they have what looks like a human navel on the outside.
The navel orange grows a second twin opposite of it's stem which then causes it to have a navel on the outside which is why it's called a navel orange.
Florida Valencia Oranges, which were named after the city of Valencia in Spain, are medium-sized oranges with thin, bright orange, finely-textured rinds that are somewhat difficult to peel.
Navel Oranges are large, spherical oranges with thick, deep-orange, loose rinds that are easy to peel.
One large navel orange can provide up to 100% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin C which is beneficial for the repair and growth of body tissue.
Navel oranges are also a good source of potassium, which helps lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of heart disease.
Navel Oranges are considered to be one of the sweetest orange varieties you can find in winter.
Navels are seedless oranges with a distinguishable “navel-like” formation found opposite the stem end which is caused by a rudimentary second fruit that grew inside the skin of the primary fruit.
One of the most popular of the orange varieties is the Navel Orange.
When a navel orange is peeled, there is a partially formed, undeveloped conjoined “twin” fruit on the blossom end.
From the outside, the blossom end looks like a human navel. Navel oranges are seedless, and the flesh is naturally very sweet and juicy.