FACTS ABOUT PINEAPPLES:PINEAPPLES DO NOT RIPEN AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN PICKED. PINEAPPLES ARE A GOOD SOURCE OF VITAMIN C, POTASSIUM AND FIBER. PINEAPPLES CONTAIN AN ENZYME, CALLED BROMELAIN, THAT CAN BE USED AS A MEAT TENDERIZER. THE NAME PINEAPPLE IN ENGLISH CAME FROM “PINA” IN SPANISH BECAUSE IT LOOKS SIMILAR TO A PINECONE.THE ORIGINS OF THOSE TERMS STEM FROM THE EARLY 1600, WHEN THE EUROPEAN EXPLORERS OF THE AMERICAS BROUGHT THE FRUIT TO EUROPE, USING THE WORD PINEAPPLE DUE TO ITS RESEMBLANCE TO A PINE CONE FROM CONIFER TREES.AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE CHINESE WORD FOR PINEAPPLE SOUNDS CLOSE TO THE SOUND OF THE PHRASE 'LUCK COMING YOUR WAY', SO PINEAPPLES HAVE BECOME A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK IN CHINESE CULTURE. THE OWNERS MUST NOT EAT THE PINEAPPLE AFTERWARDS, AND SHOULD TRY TO LEAVE IT UNDER A TREE, TO SYMBOLISE THE CONTINUATION OF PROSPERITY.PINEAPPLE IS PACKED WITH NUTRIENTS. EATING PINEAPPLE EVERY DAY CAN NOT ONLY HELP YOU SATISFY YOUR SWEET CRAVINGS, BUT ALSO PROVIDE YOU WITH PLENTY OF FIBER FOR SATIETY AND OVERALL HEALTH.IT IS FAIRLY HIGH IN SUGARS (CARBOHYDRATES), WITH A GLYCEMIC INDEX OF 59, BUT DUE TO PINEAPPLES BEING ON AVERAGE 86% WATER, THEIR GLYCEMIC LOAD AS A WHOLE FRUIT FOR A STANDARD 120 GRAM SERVING SIZE IS 6, WHICH IS LOW.ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF USE IS FOUND AS FAR BACK AS 1200 - 800 BC (3200-2800 BP) IN PERU AND 200BC - AD700 (2200-1300 BP) IN MEXICO, WHERE IT WAS CULTIVATED BY THE MAYAS AND THE AZTECS. BY THE LATE 1400S, CROPPED PINEAPPLE WAS WIDELY DISTRIBUTED AND A STAPLE FOOD OF NATIVE AMERICANS; FBI
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