Pears are an excellent choice. As one of the antioxidant vitamins, Vitamin C is essential for normal metabolism and tissue repair, helping 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. 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.