🍅  My favorite fruit this time of year is the persimmon!  And my favorite way to eat the Fuyu type is sliced up in a salad, although lately, I've been slicing them up to snack on.  They're delicious and full of health benefits!

🍒  Cranberries decreases inflammation, improve immune function, prevent and treat urinary tract infections, reduces the risk of heart disease, benefits the digestive system, and may help prevent cancer.

🍒  Cranberries have one of the highest concentrations of antioxidants of any fruit.

🍏 Apples are members of the rose family.  They're most likely native to the Caucasus Mountains of Western Asia and maybe to Anatolia, the Asian part of Turkey.  Carbonized apples have been dated back to 6500 BC in Anatolia.

🍎Apples came to Britain with the Roman Empire and made it to America in 1623, brought by William Blackstone to Massachusetts.

🍏  They are now commonly eaten with the Dutch eating the most, the French next, consuming most of theirs in the form of cider.  Belgians and Italians are next, with the US coming in last only averaging one apple per week.  We bring up the average in my family!!!

• Not only are they tasty, low in sugar and high in fiber, but they have a host of other health benefits, too

• Blueberries are at the top of the list of fruits for their antioxidant properties. Antioxidants fight free radicals and damage to cells. They also help protect against heart disease, cancer, and diabetes.​

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• Blueberries also contain powerful anti-inflammatory compounds.