Kate Middleton\u2019s Turkish Affair<\/p>\n
Added by Alsu Salakhutdinov on October 1, 2013.<\/p>\n
Saved under Alsu Salakhutdinov, Entertainment, Kate Middleton, Kelly Knox<\/p>\n
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The Duchess of Cambridge\u2019s\u00a0sweet affair, first\u00a0noticed during her pregnancy, surprisingly boosted the Turkish economy as reported by Turkish Anadolu Agency. \u00a0Kate Middleton\u00a0fell in love with Turkish figs,\u00a0 stopped feeling morning sickness and gave birth to a wonderfully healthy baby, George. She also became a self appointed volunteer for the promotion of the delicious and vitamin rich fruits.<\/p>\n
Turkish fig producers have many reasons to be grateful to the Duchess of Cambridge. After she mentioned that figs from Bursa had helped ease her morning sickness, export sales immediately increased. Happy for the Duchess\u2019 recovery and hoping for the best for themselves, many people began buying \u00a0luscious, \u00a0giant\u00a0figs from Turkey. According to the Anadolu agency,\u00a0\u00a0fig exports to England jumped over 53 percent soon after\u00a0The\u00a0Daily Mail reported Kate Middleton\u2019s fruity affair.<\/p>\n
English men and women were not the only people influenced by the Duchess\u2019 pregnancy tastes. New Zealanders followed suit, as well as many Israelis, Bosnians, Herzegovinians and even people from the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n
As a result of\u00a0Kate Middleton\u2019s\u00a0unexpected but successful endorsement \u00a0of Turkish figs, the sales by Turkish fig producers\u2019 reached a record-high total of over $32\u00a0million dollars \u00a0for the \u00a0season.<\/p>\n
It is unclear if all or any of these very consumable fruits helped other pregnant women to ease their symptoms of \u00a0morning sickness. \u00a0Figs are however very nutritious, they contain vitamins A and B and are a good source of potassium, calcium and iron. It is as if someone actually created them especially for pregnant women who often experience deficiencies of calcium and iron. To increase the absorption rate of iron, it is better to eat figs with fruits containing vitamin C.<\/p>\n
Pregnant women are not the only people who are claiming to enjoy healthful benefits by eating figs. Some people have claimed, for example that figs help with the\u00a0nausea and headaches from\u00a0hangovers . Perhaps what fig producers need now is for at least one heavy-drinking celebrity to reveal the secrets of\u00a0fig\u00a0morning-after hangover remedies. Fig exports may be skyrocketing but so far, figs account for only 18 percent of the total Turkish fruit and vegetable exports.<\/p>\n
Figs are\u00a0fragile\u00a0and easily bruised, this makes them almost impossible to transport. \u00a0The dark purple, almost black, \u00a0gigantic fruit from Bursa, the figs that helped the Duchess of Cambridge assuage her morning nausea during pregnancy are the\u00a0one exception. The Duchess did not go into the details of how she ate them; she said only that she did so in the morning. It is well known, that figs are delicious fresh, baked, and even dried. Dry fruits are especially rich in pectin, \u00a0contain soluble fiber and help to control cholesterol levels.<\/p>\n
Figs were among the first fruit trees that people planted and grew deliberately. Some experts have suggested that they were first cultivated in the Middle East about 11,000 years ago. Nonetheless, a little \u201cboost\u201d from Her Royal Highness could never hurt. \u00a0Quite to the \u00a0contrary, it is very good business to advertise that even members of the Royal family, who can afford the best, are having a love affair with figs. Kate Middleton bestowed a huge favor on \u00a0Turkish fruit sellers. Perhaps the Duchess deserves a free lifetime of this biblical fruit in return.<\/p>\n
By Alsu Salakhutdinov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kate Middleton\u2019s Turkish Affair Added by Alsu Salakhutdinov on October 1, 2013. Saved under Alsu Salakhutdinov, Entertainment, Kate Middleton, Kelly Knox The Duchess of Cambridge\u2019s\u00a0sweet affair, first\u00a0noticed during her pregnancy, surprisingly boosted the Turkish economy as reported by Turkish Anadolu Agency. \u00a0Kate Middleton\u00a0fell in love with Turkish figs,\u00a0 stopped feeling morning sickness and gave birth […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":76792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[922],"tags":[7782],"class_list":["post-76790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-kate-middleton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}