Navel Oranges are a Seedless Wonder

Have you ever bitten into a delicious piece of fruit and savored every bite, until you chomped down on a seed? It can be painful and unpleasant to bite down on a seed. Thankfully, if the piece of fruit you were eating was a navel orange, then you don't have to worry about this particular problem. That is because, as the title of this article implies, navel oranges really are a seedless wonder.

Now you may be wondering what makes them a seedless wonder. The seedless part is pretty obvious– navel oranges have no seeds in them. Instead, if a grower wants more navel oranges, they have to cultivate a part of the plant they grow on in order to get new ones. This is why all navel oranges are commercially grown and not grown in back yards, because getting new plants using cuttings of others are hard to grow, even for seasoned gardeners.

The thing that makes navel oranges a wonder is that they are chock full of all kinds of vitamins, minerals and uses. Indeed, you can use navel oranges in everything from sweet to savory dishes. You can marinate meats in them, use some on a tart for dessert and add a twist of the peel to a cocktail. In fact, you could easily find a way to incorporate navel oranges into every dish in a four course meal. Add them to a salad, make a vinaigrette, make a sauce for meats and poultry, add some navel oranges zest to chocolate for dessert – the possibilities of food application for navel oranges is nearly endless.

The other reason that navel oranges are a true wonder is how many vitamins and antioxidants they pack into their juicy segments. From just one orange, you can get more than your total daily allowance of Vitamin C. You can also get over 60% of your daily need of Vitamin B.

Vitamin B has been known to help increase energy and your body's ability to fight fat. The one two punch of these two vitamins in your system is essential for good health, as Vitamin C helps fight off illness. Energy, fat fighting and illness fighting – just a few things that navel oranges can help you with. All this without having to take a supplemental pill, juice or powder like so many people do to get extra vitamins in their diet.

Antioxidants such as beta carotene are also big on the list of wonders of navel oranges. This antioxidant helps the body fight free radicals and prevent cell damage. Oranges when eaten with their thin membrane on also contain a high amount of fiber, which helps regulate digestion. Did you know you were getting so many health benefits from navel oranges or are you just eating them for the taste, like most of us do?

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