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…
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During the winter thousands of people experience seasonal depression and other health problems. After the excitement of the winter holidays when winter settles in and the weather is cold and dreary it is very common to start coming down with colds or flu or end up with other illnesses. Eating bright, delicious and nutritiousl Honeybells can help you break out of the winter blues and stay healthy. Each sweet Honeybell has half of the Vitamin C that you should be eating every day to stay healthy, and the other vitamins and minerals in citrus fruits like the Honeybell tangelo can…
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Florida oranges are a great weapon against winter illnesses. This year concern is high about contracting the flu. The H1N1 virus is running rampant and people are being extra cautious about protecting themselves from being exposed to colds and the flu. Florida oranges are packed full of Vitamin C and other vitamins and minerals that give your body the nutritional boost it needs to fight off illnesses like colds or the flu. Washing your hands often and staying away from people who are ill are good ways to avoid catching the flu but once you have been exposed to it…
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Much has been made about post-workout recovery drinks. Many of these drinks claim to have the ability to restore a variety of the vitamins and minerals that are literally sweated out of the body while working out. Some may wonder if these drinks truly do possess the benefits they claim. In all honesty, there is great benefit to these drinks but there natural alternative is much better. What is the natural alternative? Florida orange juice, and even classic Temple Oranges can help the body recover quite well after a workout and do so much better than the numerous recovery drinks.…
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Honeybells are a parent’s secret weapon to get their kids to eat better. Every parent knows that it can be a nightmare to get kids to eat healthy. Kids are inundated with ads for sugary cereals and snacks and they want food that tastes good and don’t really care about the nutritional content. Almost every parent at some point has had a pitched battle with a child over eating fruit instead of candy. Honeybells are a super sweet citrus fruit snack that kids won’t know is healthy for them. They’ll eat Honeybells because they are sweet and delicious, but you…
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Fruit gifts are great to send to the special people on your gift list primarily because of the great taste of the fruit. However, when you send a fruit gift, you are also sending a gift that is packed with nutrition. Fruit is famously considered ‘nature’s candy’, providing a sweet treat, with only natural sugars and flavors. Fruit gifts are excellent options for anyone, but especially for the health-conscious or those who are calorie-restrictive, low sugar or low fat diets. Some of the best options are citrus, like oranges and grapefruit from Florida. First, let’s consider oranges. Navel oranges from…
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Making your own skin care products at home is a great way to take care of your skin without spending a lot of money. But, when you’re making your own skin care products at home you should use the best ingredients you can get, like Indian River citrus fruits for juice and pulp. Orange and grapefruit juices are used in many home skin care products because they have antioxidants in them along with lots of vitamins and minerals that your skin needs. Drinking the juice will help your body stay healthy, using them in skin care products will make your…
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Winter is winding down but that doesn’t mean you’re safe from germs and viruses just yet. Add some seasonal Temple oranges to your diet to get the immune boosting power of Vitamin C that will keep you healthy until spring arrives. Temple oranges are only in season during the last part of the winter and are a welcome reminder that warm weather is on the way. The sweet and rich taste of Temple oranges is a delicious treat that will also help you fight off colds and viruses that might make the end of the winter pretty unpleasant for you…
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Honeybells are the perfect low calorie treat to get you through the holidays without putting on those usual holiday pounds. Most people gain five to ten pounds throughout the holiday season thanks to rich, high fat and high calorie treats. Since the holidays only come around once a year it’s easy to over indulge and say it’s ok to eat all you want since it’s only once a year. But, once the holidays over and you don’t fit into any of your clothes anymore you might regret eating all those holiday baked goods and drinking those high calorie drinks. Eating…