Put the pineapple into a bowl, add freshly grated ginger to taste

Put the pineapple into a bowl, add freshly grated ginger to taste, thick coconut milk and a little rum, slice or chop up bananas and mix all ingredients together. Do you know? The part of the fruit closest to the base of the fruit has more sugar content and therefore a sweeter taste and more tender texture than the upper part of the fruit. To gain the benefit of bromelain as an anti inflammatory or as a digestive enzyme, it is important to know that enzymes are very sensitive to light and temperatures especially heat. They are second only to bananas as America s favorite tropical fruit. This gives the fruit some amazing natural anti inflammatory and analgesic Led filament bulb properties. Ripe pineapples give off a sweet, fresh tropical smell. Pineapple makes a very good addition to smoothies, with papaya, some pumpkin seeds, flaxseeds, and a banana. When choosing a fresh pineapple color isn t necessarily a good indicator of ripeness, some are in their prime when still green, it depends on the variety, ranging from green to yellow. Place the ingredients back into the pineapple halves and serve immediately. It is this the enzyme bromelain that makes pineapple useful in treating bruises, sprains and strains by reducing swelling, tenderness and pain. Avoid pineapples with soft spots or areas of dark discoloration.All fresh fruits including pineapple are packed with enzymes however pineapple is well known for being packed with an enzyme called bromelain. Cut up the flesh into cubes removing the stem. Bromelain also acts as a digestive enzymes aiding in protein digestion. Avoid pineapples that give off a slightly alcoholic smell, they are too ripe and are fermenting. This anti inflammatory property will help in relieving osteo arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis symptoms as well as reducing post operative swelling. Most of the bromelain is concentrated in the core of the pineapple and for this reason I always add the stem to my smoothies. So any commercially bought pineapple products will be dead so to speak, the enzymes will have been destroyed. Of course like most fruits it s bursting with vitamin C. This goes for bought juices, canned, frozen, and dried pineapple. The most important factor in determining ripeness is aroma let your nose help you decide. Scoop or cut out the flesh leaving the pineapple halves in tack to use as containers. Pineapple Rum Pud One or two pineapples Add fresh mango (or frozen you prepared when they were in season) Fresh Ginger Thick coconut milk A dash or two of rum A banana or two Leave the leaves on the pineapple and cut a pineapple in half length ways. . Eat pineapple at room temperature to appreciate their full flavor. Pineapple is also known to help with fluid retention. Besides being high in bromelain and vitamin C, pineapples are also a rich source of beta carotene, potassium, vitamin B 1 (cofactor in enzymatic reactions vital to energy production, vitamin B 2, iron, fiber, manganese (co factor in a number of enzymes needed for energy production and anti oxidant defense), omega 3 fatty acids, calcium and some friendly bacteria.