The Health Benefits of Peaches
Peaches Promote Healing
Help Your Eyesight
Keep Digestion Running Smoothly
Help You Stay a Healthy Weight
Get Your Vitamin E
Keep Your Bones Healthy
Go Easy on Your Gut
Give You Something to Smile About
Choose a Perfect Peach
Get Creative
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Mayo Clinic: “Dietary fiber: essential for a healthy diet.”
Ohio State University CARES: “Farm to Health Series: Maximize Your Nutrients from Apples, Peaches, Pears, Plums and Apricots.”
National Cancer Institute: “Antioxidants and Cancer Prevention.”
National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements: “Vitamin C,” “Potassium,” “Vitamin E.”
Louis Bonduelle Foundation: “Beta-Carotene.”
Rutgers/New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station: “Health Benefits of Peaches: A Delicious Summer Fruit.”
ISHS Acta Horticulturae 841: “Health Benefits of Peach, Nectarine and Plums.”
Cleveland Clinic: “Gastrointestinal Soft Diet Overview.”
U.S. Department of Agriculture: “Household USDA Foods Fact Sheet: Fresh Peaches,” “USDA National Fluoride Database of Selected Beverages and Foods, Release 2.”
EatforHealth.gov.au: “Fruit.”
UW Health: “Low Potassium Diet.”
Harvard Health Publishing: “Should I take a potassium supplement?”
University of Southern California: “Fruit and veggies rich in potassium may be key to lowering blood pressure.”
Tufts University Health and Nutrition Letter: “Pick Peaches for Healthy Nutrients.”
Ackerman Cancer Center: “The Health Benefits of Nectarines and Peaches.”
Produce for Better Health Foundation: “Top 10 Ways to Enjoy Peaches.”