Americans were once an active and industrious people. They actually made things with their hands, instead of importing them from poorer countries. No, we aren’t getting nostalgic. But the truth is that America is headed in the wrong direction, at least when it comes to food. A generation ago, smoking was public enemy number one. Citizens and politicians banded together to snuff out American’s leading cause of preventable death. And guess what, they did it! From 1965 to 2010, the number of adult smokers fell from nearly 50 percent to under 20 percent. Not surprisingly, the number of smoking-related deaths…
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Honeybells are some of the best fruit to use in smoothies and sorbets because they have so much juice. Some Honeybell tangelos can have a full cup of juice or more. Cooking with the juice from these sweet and tangy fruits is a great way to make everything from sauces and marinades to dessert syrups but smoothies and sorbets are two of the most popular things to make with Honeybell juice. Making smoothies with Honeybell juice is easy. Just replace the water in your favorite smoothie recipe with Honeybell juice. The juice, which is packed with Vitamin C and other…
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Some people think that in order to eat healthy you need to spend a lot of money on special food and give up food that is tasty and flavorful to eat a lot of boring greens. That’s just not true. Eating healthy includes eating delicious foods like grapefruit, strawberries, luscious tropical fruit, exotic Honeybells and Clementines and hundreds of other foods. There are dozens of delicious and healthy foods that you can afford on any budget. You don’t have to give up flavor at all. In fact, you can use foods like naturally sweet citrus fruit to add even more…
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What exactly is a delicacy? With regard to food, the dictionary tells us that it is a pleasing or appealing food. More often than not, however, a delicacy is a rare or exotic food that is seldom good for us. Caviar and pât? are fairly common food delicacies that are often served at fancy cocktail or dinner parties. Both are high in fat, calories, and cholesterol. This is true of most foods we refer to as delicacies with the exception of the Honeybell Orange. As one of the rarest and most sought after citrus fruits, the Honeybell is most assuredly…
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Now is the perfect time to start eating better, and navel oranges are the perfect food to start with. If you’ve been eating more fast food than you should be eating or not taking the time to eat properly lately it’s time to get back on track and back on a healthy diet. Even if you don’t need to lose weight you are raising your risk of developing Type II diabetes by eating a lot of fast food or processed foods. Doctors have reported a 25% increase in the number of average weight patients who are developing Type II diabetes…
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What you eat can make a dramatic difference in how you look. If you want to look younger you should be eating Ruby Red grapefruit every day. There are many different ways that eating grapefruit can help you stay looking young and healthy. Grapefruit can also boost your immune system and help lower your risk of diseases like high cholesterol and heart disease. There are a lot of benefits to eating grapefruit each day but looking younger, staying trim, and lowering your risk of certain diseases are some of the biggest reasons why people eat Ruby Red grapefruit every day.…
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Are you trying to eat healthier and keep only delicious healthy foods in the house? Fruit delivery can make it easier to keep your pantry full of tasty and healthy citrus fruit all year long. Finding really fresh fruit, which is one of the best things you can eat when you’re trying to eat healthy, can be hard. Fruit that comes from your local market may be a week older or even more, depending on how long the truck it was riding on took to get to the market. Fruit delivery send out fruit directly after being picked, so the…
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If you want to make a beautiful and health dessert for a gourmet dinner party or other event try making a sorbet with a fruit arrangement. This healthy and delicious dessert will impress your friends and family and is the perfect end to a gourmet meal. You can arrange the fruit and the sorbet and serve it in many different ways to make an artistic statement or fit into the theme of the event. As long as you keep the sorbet chilled there is no limit to how you can serve this dessert. You can also make an alcoholic version…
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You hear a lot of talk about “VIP” and “platinum membership” in modern marketing. “Premier benefits” and “exclusives” hope to entice new customers with privilege and status, making everyone feel a little more special and a little more desirable than they would feel otherwise. That’s not such a bad idea. The current state of the economy being what it is, everyone needs to feel they have something special going for their hard-earned, scarce dollar. It’s almost as if VIP Status simply means you can afford to enjoy yourself. When it comes to fresh citrus fruit, Honeybell tangelos are the fruit…
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Keeping a healthy family and maintain a great a diet for all to enjoy can be a challenge and often a timely routine each week while grocery shopping. One method many families are turning to is using a mail order fruit system to get everything they need to reach that goal. Of course you may have your own reservations about ordering fruit through the mail, but mail order fruit is becoming a very popular trend to ease up the shopping duties and obtain fresh produce during the off growing seasons. Mail order fruit can be one variation of fruit that…