Pears are recommended in diets because of their components: Fibre, almost no calories, lots of vitamins, large amount of water, folic acid, tannins, and caffeic acid.

Pears contain:
-Vitamins: B. C
- Minerals: Potassium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Calcium and Copper.
- Others: Folic Acid, Oleic Acids, A. Palmitto, A. Glutamine, A. Caffeic, A. Linoleic, A. Aspartic, A. Ascorbic; Beta-carotene; Amino acids: Glycine, Arginine, Isoleucine, Leucine and Threonine.

It has beneficial properties for:

- Bone growth, tissue and nervous system in children.
- Fluid retention problems (diuretic).
- Intestinal transit problems, constipation (great laxative power)
- Hypertension.
- Kidney stones.
- Prostatitis and cystitis.
- Kidney failure.
- Bladder cancer.
- Uric acid: expels it.
- Nervous system.
- Colitis
- Collagen, sight and defences.

It is not contraindicated for diabetics, despite containing some sugar.

There are more than 1,500 species of Pears. Each one of them has its ripening period and its peculiarities.

Their shape ranges from round, to small or large or medium-sized teardrop-shaped.
Their colour can be: yellow, light green, red, brown.

The best known are the following:
- Good Christian William's.
- Doctor Jules Guyot -Limonera.
- Bonne Louise d'Avranches.
- Bartlett.
- Beurre d'Anjou.
- Bosc.
- Comice.
- Blanca de Aranjuez- Blanquilla.
- Conferencia.
- De Roma.
- Pera de San Juan.
- Enculina.
- Magallona.
- Pera de Puigcerdá.

When buying them, check that they are not bruised and that they are neither too green nor too ripe.

Once at home, they should be removed from the plastic bags and placed in a fruit bowl in a cool, dry place, protected from light, or in the fridge, but in the least cold place. The pear will last 3 or 4 days at the most, in good condition.

It is a juicy and refreshing fruit, it is sweet and tasty. We should all eat them, because given their properties they are advisable and necessary, for all ages.

If you decide to eat the skin, you should wash it very well to completely eliminate the insecticides and chemical products that are sprayed on the trees.