Add to milk as a substitute for chocolate, use to sweeten your coffee or use as a coffee substitute, dilute with water to make a fig juice energizer, or use in baking. Figs provide more fiber than any other common fruit or vegetable and have a high quantity of polyphenol antioxidants. They contain no fat, no sodium and no cholesterol. Figs have the highest overall mineral content of all common fruits. A 40 gram serving provides 244mg of potassium, along with calcium, iron and zinc.
Figs are also a natural source of seratonin, which stimulates the pineal gland.
Phytosterols are credited with decreasing natural cholesterol synthesis in the body, thus lowering overall cholesterol counts.