May boost heart health

Pears may reduce your chance of developing heart disease. Their procyanidin antioxidants may reduce cardiac tissue stiffness, cut LDL (bad) cholesterol, and raise HDL (good) cholesterol. The peel includes quercetin, an essential antioxidant that is known to help heart health by lowering inflammation and risk factors for heart disease like as high blood pressure and cholesterol levels. In one research of 40 individuals with metabolic syndrome, a group of symptoms that raises your risk of heart disease, eating two medium pears each day for 12 weeks reduced heart disease risk factors like high blood pressure and waist circumference.

A big 17-year study of nearly 30,000 women found that eating 80 grams of fruit per day reduced the risk of heart disease by 6–7%. 1 medium pear weighs around 178 grams. Furthermore, frequent consumption of pears and other white-fleshed fruits is suggested to reduce the incidence of stroke. A 10-year study of almost 20,000 adults found that eating 25 grams of white-fleshed fruit daily reduced stroke risk by 9%.