Health benefits of prunes and five reasons to eat more of them

Prunes in a bowl

If you're not a fan of prunes, you're not alone. In fact, women ages 25 to 54 react so negatively to the idea of prunes that the California Prune Board pressured the Food and Drug Administration to change their name to the more appealing dried plums (in case you had forgotten, prunes are dried plums). And it worked! Sales of this super healthy purple fruit have hit new heights.