Pineapple, Glorious Pineapple!

Ah, summer is right around the bend. And I’m starting to really get into eating fruits again, which is quite a refreshing twist (no pun intended) from my usual cravings for salt, fat and carbs in the winter time.  So of course, I’m not only trying to take full advantage of craving foods that are actually good for me, but I’m literally savoring every bite of them and geniunely enjoying their sweet juiciness, their texture, and their completely amazing natural taste.

I even find myself wondering, how did nature make such a perfect food?  I mean really, it’s amazing the choices we have to eat here on this green earth without ever touching processed foods again in our lives if we didn’t want to.  Imagine how much healthier we’d all be!

Pineapple is the fruit that really gets me going. I think that this fruit, when it is perfect, ripe, and grown in the right environment, it can literally be one of the most delicious, unaltered foods you have every put your mouth around.  Pineapple is not only awesome tasting when it is “in season”, but it is also, in my opinion, best when it is grown in Costa Rica.  For some reason, that region is actually great for growing the best tasting pineapples ever.

Believe it or not, I actually got to drive through the pineapple groves of Costa Rica too, and they are vast and beautiful, and you can actually smell a sort of sweetness in the air – it’s very cool.  Pineapples have a natural acid in them called Bromelain too, which is a natural digestive aid, so they actually help to cleanse the digestive tract and colon. Don’t believe me? If you’re ever constipated go out and buy a raw pineapple and eat quite a few pieces, you won’t be constipated the next day!