Love grapes.Have a look over it's benefits.

Love grapes.Have a look over it's benefits.

From being used in dishing out sinful desserts and refreshing fruit bowls to being renowned as the primary ingredient in the wine making process, it is not without reason that grapes are known as the queen of fruits.

Humans have been growing grapes as early as 6500 BC, and in the mythology of several cultures, this fruit symbolizes abundance and fertility. In addition to being downright gorgeous—and the main ingredient in our beloved grapes offer a number of health benefits. Here are seven, plus simple ways to incorporate these gems into your daily meals and snacks.

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 Classified under the family of berries, grapes come in different varieties as well as colours – green, red, blue, purple and black. While majority of the production of grapes in the world are used by the wine making industry, the remaining lot is consumed as fruits and a small portion is used in making dried fruits.

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Grapes are one of the most popular fruits in the world. Botanically berries, grapes grow on vines of the flowering plant Vitis. They are several varieties, with the most popular being red or green. Table grapes are ones you find in your local grocery store whereas smaller-sized wine grapes are used to make wine. This popular and delicious fruit is also packed with a lot of important nutrients and phytochemicals.

 Tracing its roots, it is said that grapes were first domestically cultivated in the Middle East, where it soon became popular when the city of Shiraz started using it to make wine. Eventually, other countries also started growing it and using it in the wine making process.

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Phytonutrients, plant chemicals that contain protective, disease-preventing, compounds. are bioactive compounds that are not designated as traditional nutrients, but have been shown to have health benefits in humans – grapes are loaded with them, particularly in the skin.