{"id":346608,"date":"2013-05-14T15:45:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T15:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/the-benefits-of-citrus-346608.html"},"modified":"2013-05-14T15:45:57","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T15:45:57","slug":"the-benefits-of-citrus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/on-my-plate-hk\/the-benefits-of-citrus-346608.html","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Citrus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/citrus_fruits.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-207\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\"size-full wp-image-207 img-responsive  aligncenter\" alt=\"citrus_fruits\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2013\/05\/citrus_fruits.jpg\" width=\"448\" height=\"298\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p> <p>Chosen for their amazing shapes, unique tastes, exotic and tangy scents; Chinese pomelos, bergamot oranges, kaffir limes, blood oranges and kumquats are primarily low-calorie fruits and a key source of vitamin C which our bodies requires to defend itself and regenerate.<\/p> <p>But if you needed even more reasons to stock up on these fruits, then you\u2019d be happy to know that their natural pigments, flavonoids, limonoids and hesperidins act on reducing cholesterol as well as improving blood circulation. 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