Pears are an excellent choice. Vitamin C is essential for normal metabolism and tissue repair. It is one of the antioxidant vitamins that help prevent free radical damage that are destructive by-products of the body's metabolic process. Vitamin C promotes healing of cuts and bruises and helps guard against a number of infectious diseases. A pear is a nutrient dense food, providing more nutrients per calorie, than calories per nutrient.
Carbohydrates are helpful in weight reduction diets since they contain half as many calories as fat.
Children should be aware of this early in life when nutritional habits are being formed. Pears contain no sodium. Fresh Pears Have No Saturated Fat Saturated fat contributes to obesity and cholesterol in the body, which in turn contributes to coronary disease, and some forms of cancer. There is no saturated fat in fresh pears. With flesh a little more dense than other varieties, these smaller pears maintain their firm-ripe condition longer then some others, after they have ripened.