Child obesity rates are rising in the US, and many parents are desperately trying to figure out how they can keep their children healthy. The best way to keep your kids healthy throughout their lives is to teach them healthy eating patterns which include lots of fresh fruits like delicious Honeybell tangelos and other citrus fruits. It’s been proven in medical studies that kids will follow the eating habits they learn as children throughout their lives, so teaching them healthy eating habits now is the best way to make sure they stay healthy into adulthood. Teaching your kids to make…
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Don’t cut fresh fruit out of your diet if you’re trying to save money. Instead, use fruit delivery to make fresh and healthy fruit more affordable. Most people don’t think of fruit delivery as a luxury but really ordering fruit online can be more cost effective than buying it at the local market. Plus, you’ll get better quality fruit that tastes better and will last longer. You can cut back on your grocery spending without eliminating fresh citrus fruit from your diet, you just have to change how you shop. Fresh fruit is critical in order to stay healthy. If…
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When you exercise, what’s the best way to replenish your body’s electrolytes and keep your metabolism working hard? Fresh citrus fruit or fresh citrus juice. Besides expensive and bulky sports drinks, most athletes turn to the nourishing and rejuvenating array of fresh fruit juices to help keep their body in maximum condition. Fresh fruit juices, especially citrus fruit juices, are so popular for one very important set of reasons: their ingredients! Citrus Fruit Juices Bring the Citrus Fruit Nutrition It’s no secret that most citrus fruits are treasure troves of vitamins, minerals, and a host of nutrients that the body…
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In the critically acclaimed movie, Super Size Me, a documentary filmmaker turned himself into a fast food guinea pig when he consumed nothing but McDonald’s food for thirty days. By the end of the experiment/movie the subject/director, Morgan Spurlock, had gained nearly 25 pounds, increased his cholesterol to 230 (a dangerous level), and gained fat in his liver. It took him fourteen months to lose the weight. Now, even Mr. Spurlock has admitted that his experiment was a bit sensational. Not only did he only eat fast food, but he always overate. However, there are valuable lessons to be learned…
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Honeybells are a tantalizing taste sensation. Their slightly sour sweetness makes your tongue tingle and want more. Often honeybells are presented as a featured item in holiday gift baskets. While everyone loves to sink their teeth into succulent honeybells, do these grapefruit hybrids interfere with prescription medicines? Compounds in grapefruits were shown to interact with certain prescription drugs. The compounds in grapefruits prevent the breakdown of drugs, especially statins such as Zocor and Lipitor. Honeybells are a hybrid of tangerines and grapefruits, so will they interfere with the absorption of prescription drugs, too? The USDA Agricultural Research Center (ARC) determined…
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The Food Pyramid was introduced in 1992 as a simple and effective guide to proper nutrition. Developed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), the pyramid lets people know how many serving from each of the six food groups they should consume each day. Arguably the most neglected food group in the pyramid is the fruit group. What’s so great about fruit? According to a recent survey, only about a third of Americans consume two to four serving of fruit each day. But fruit is more important than it has ever been, especially for Americans. Give us a moment to…
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Chances are if you are like most people you are not getting enough citrus fruit in your diet. You may already know that delicious citrus fruits like Honeybell tangelos can help you stay healthy, give you more energy, and are also a delicious sweet snack that will not cause a huge blood sugar spike the way sugary candy can. Most people know that citrus fruits like Honeybells are healthy but they think that making time to eat more citrus fruit is going to be a hassle so they choose calorie laden sugary snacks instead of fruit when they want a…
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If you haven’t kept up on your resolution to eat better this year it’s not too late to start. Temple oranges are the perfect treat to get you back on a healthy diet. One of the biggest reasons why people stop eating healthy is because they crave sweet food. Cravings for sweets can be very powerful because people can and do become addicted to white refined sugar. You may not even know it but refined sugar is used in everything from pasta sauce to drinks to improve the taste and make you choose one food over another. Restaurants are notorious…
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Keeping a basket of fruit at work can make a huge different in your health. Your work environment could be ruining your health in more ways than one. Most people spend the bulk of their day at work, surrounded by a lot of stress and without a lot of healthy eating options. If your office is small you may have to leave the building to go find a snack or a meal, meaning that you are the mercy of whatever businesses are close by. If your office is large you may have businesses in the same building catering to the…
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Imagine if you never had to spend time or extra money searching through the produce section of your local grocery store to find all of your favorite fruits each season. Mail order fruit is coming of age and millions of people are reaping the benefits of shopping on the internet as opposed to the traditional methods of local produce selections. When you are following a raw foods diet of any kind, a mail order fruit system may be the best way to go. You can essentially receive all of your fruits be those organic or not, by mail instead of…