{"id":5290,"date":"2026-01-08T23:02:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=5290"},"modified":"2026-01-08T23:02:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T21:02:33","slug":"use-fresh-figs-control-diabetes-blood-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=5290","title":{"rendered":"Use Fresh Figs To Control Diabetes, Blood Pressure And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Figs are seasonal fruits that are found in the western parts of Asia.<\/p>\n<p>The health benefits of fresh figs come from the presence of minerals, vitamins and fiber contained in the fruit. They\u00a0contain a wealth of beneficial nutrients, including vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, calcium, iron, phosphorus, manganese, sodium, potassium and chlorine.<\/p>\n<p>Here are top health benefits of using figs:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Good for controlling diabetes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention of hypertension or blood pressure<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention of coronary heart disease<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention of colon cancer and\u00a0post-menopausal breast cancer<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Help in weight loss<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Help in lowering cholesterol<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Helps in Erectile Dysfunction\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Relief for throat pain<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Prevention of muscular\u00a0degeneration<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>It strengthens bone<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/106581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"693\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/106581.jpg 693w, https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/106581-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/106581-594x300.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> \u00a0Avoid dried figs! THIS ISN\u2019T GOOD FOR YOUR BLOOD SUGAR! The sugars are concentrated in the fruit when dried so if you eat them, only eat a couple.<\/p>\n<p>Plump, soft and sweet, fresh figs are gorgeous in salads, desserts or simply enjoyed on their own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Figs are seasonal fruits that are found in the western parts of Asia. The health benefits of fresh figs come from the presence of minerals, vitamins and fiber contained in the fruit. They\u00a0contain a wealth of beneficial nutrients, including vitamin A, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, calcium, iron, phosphorus, manganese, sodium, potassium and chlorine. Here are&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/?p=5290\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5292,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5293,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290\/revisions\/5293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loveforhealthyfood.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}