Dried fruits are great- when you dry them at home. If you do that, dried fruits still contain all vitamins, fiber and minerals. However, when you buy them in store, you are buying a bunch of sugar. In order to make dried fruit taste better, manufacturers add sucrose or table sugar. Also, they add sulfur to prevent browning of the fruits. These additives and sugars can be dangerous to our health, and they definitely don’t help us lose weight.(4allmindsandbodies)
     Phytochemicals found in raisins have the ability to destroy the bacteria responsible for the development of plaque, and that makes it beneficial in many ways. Some studies have even shown that raisins are also good for the gums, because some of the compounds found in it make the reproduction of bacteria responsible for gum diseases harder.(lh)

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