Amazing Grapes

Muscadines are "slip-skin" grapes. Unlike most grapes you purchase in the supermarket, a "slip-skin" grape is what you may think it is--you slip the fruit out of its thick skin and eat what's inside. Its thick skin enables it to survive warm temperatures in the south. Most people spit out the pit (or seed) as it's fairly large and somewhat bitter. Ironically, the pit is the most nutritious part of the grape and safe to consume. 

These sweet little spheres pack a punch of antioxidants! Ironically, their nutrient-rich polyphenols reside in the skin and the pit (seed) which are often thrown away but can be consumed. Polyphenols are complex micronutrients yielding huge health benefits. Studies have shown they:

• inhibit cancerous tumor cell growth
• decrease metastasizing