Helthy food :Peaches are one of the most widely popular fruits in the world, having moved west from China 

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Peaches are one of the most widely popular fruits in the world, having moved west from China, where they've been cultivated since 1000 BC, and where brides carry peach blossoms on their wedding days.^[1] The ancient Romans called them "Persian apples," and peach trees traveled to North American on the ships of Columbus. They're delicious, simple, and widely available. You can learn to choose the ripe ones, and eat them raw or cooked.

1. Packed With Nutrients and Antioxidants

Peaches are rich in many vitamins, minerals, and beneficial plant compounds.

One medium-sized peach (5.4 ounces or 150 grams) provides approximately (2Trusted Source):

• Calories: 58
• Protein: 1 gram
• Fat: less than 1 gram
• Carbs: 14 grams
• Fiber: 2 grams
• Vitamin C: 17% of the Daily Value (DV)
• Vitamin A: 10% of the DV
• Potassium: 8% of the DV
• Niacin: 6% of the DV
• Vitamin E: 5% of the DV
• Vitamin K: 5% of the DV
• Copper: 5% of the DV
• Manganese: 5% of the DV

Peaches also offer smaller amounts of magnesium, phosphorus, iron, and some B vitamins.

In addition, they’re packed with antioxidants — beneficial plant compounds that combat oxidative damage and help protect your body against aging and disease. The fresher and riper the fruit, the more antioxidants it contains (3Trusted Source, 4Trusted Source, 5Trusted Source, 6Trusted Source).

In one study, juice from fresh peaches demonstrated antioxidant actions in healthy men within 30 minutes of consumption (7Trusted Source).

Fresh and canned peaches seem to have similar amounts of vitamins and minerals — as long as canned varieties are unpeeled (8Trusted Source, 9).

However, fresh peaches have higher levels of antioxidants and appear to be more effective at protecting against oxidative damage than canned ones (9, 10Trusted Source).

2. May Improve Heart Health

Regularly eating fruit — including peaches — may promote heart health.

Peaches may lower risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure and cholesterol levels (18Trusted Source).

What’s more, test-tube studies show that peaches may bind to bile acids — compounds produced by your liver from cholesterol.

The bound bile acids — together with the cholesterol they contain — are eventually excreted through your feces, which may help lower blood cholesterol levels (19).

Additional test-tube and animal studies found that peaches may reduce total and “bad” LDL cholesterol levels, as well as blood pressure and triglyceride levels (20, 21, 22Trusted Source).

Research in obese rats further reported that peach juice may lower levels of the hormone angiotensin II that raises blood pressure (22Trusted Source, 23Trusted Source).

While these effects seem promising, more studies are needed to confirm them in humans.

3. May Protect Your Skin

Peaches may have protective effects that help keep your skin healthy.

Test-tube studies indicate that compounds found in peaches may improve your skin’s ability to retain moisture — thus improving skin texture (24Trusted Source).

What’s more, both test-tube and animal studies show that extracts made from peach flowers or flesh applied directly to the skin may help prevent UV damage (25, 26Trusted Source, 27).

Peach flower extracts were also found to delay the development of skin tumors in mice (28Trusted Source).

However, more research in humans is needed before conclusions can be drawn