Good health and fitness is not just a craze anymore, but a way of life for many. Especially during the holiday season, it’s hard to find the right food options and still enjoy the spirit of the season. Desserts and sweet treats of all kind abound during the holidays. If you can maintain your fitness schedule, a sweet little indulgence won’t be cause to worry. Fruitcake, a holiday tradition in many cultures, is an excellent way to enjoy some Christmas cheer without falling off the good-nutrition-bandwagon. There are many different kinds of fruitcake, but the common thread in all the…
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When you want to serve a light dessert or a refreshing first course, citrus fruit salads are the perfect choice. Offering a citrus fruit salad as a dessert, especially combined with a tasty sour cream dipping sauce, gives guests who cannot have a lot of sweets or are watching their diet a satisfying dessert option. At picnics, barbecues and other family oriented celebrations having a citrus fruit salad is great for small children because they can easily eat peeled or segmented citrus fruits without help. Citrus fruits also are perfect for adding color to a meal and livening up traditional…
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Heart disease is a big problem in the United States. As the population continues to turn to fast foods and convenience foods because of long work hours and busy schedules, the amount of fat in the average diet has increased. Along with increases in fatty diets comes increases in cholesterol, diabetes, and heart conditions. Thankfully, a diet that includes Florida oranges can help fight against this. Florida oranges are free of both fat and cholesterol. This can go a long way towards helping with heart conditions or to help those on the verge of having a heart condition stave it…
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Adding navel oranges to your diet, especially before and after you workout, is a proven way to increase the effectiveness of your workouts. Eating navel oranges before and after workouts is a secret used by fitness buffs and personal trainers to help their bodies stay strong before, during and after a workout. Working out is important for good health, and daily exercise is strongly recommended to keep your heart and body healthy but it can also be hard on your muscles and soft tissue. Navel oranges and other citrus fruits contain the vitamins and minerals that your body needs to…
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It certainly is easy to decipher Florida navel oranges from the others. They are not only larger in size, but they are also heavier and contain more flavor than all the others as well. The navel oranges are delicious and craved by millions around the world. The are many benefits that consuming navel oranges have other than tasting and smelling great over the other popular fruit choices. Florida navel oranges make eating a healthy diet simple as one orange can provide many vitamins and nutritional value that your body needs to stay strong. They help balance your electrolytes and they…
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The health benefits of citrus in reducing the risk of heart disease, certain cancers and birth defects are all well documented. Now comes proof that our delicious Indian River citrus can also prevent strokes. Strokes are the third leading cause of death, and a leading cause of disabilities in the United States. Nearly 700,000 people a year suffer strokes, with 160,000 dying from it. A recent Harvard University study that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association, confirmed that a higher consumption of fruit and vegetables, especially citrus fruit, reduces your risk of the most common form of…
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If you are trying to lower your blood pressure, or if you want to keep your blood pressure at a healthy level you should be eating more Honeybells. Honeybells, like the fruit that they came from, can be an effective weapon in the fight against high blood pressure. Honeybells are a hybrid fruit that was created by breeding a tangerine with a grapefruit. The hybrid fruit has the beautiful color, small size, and sweetness of a tangerine and the health benefits of a grapefruit. Grapefruits and Honeybells are proven to help lower blood pressure and cholesterol and can also help…
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It’s common knowledge that parents need to practice careful diligence when organizing their child’s diet. Growing bones, muscles, and teeth need to be nurtured with a careful regimen of vitamins, minerals, and other essential nutrients. And studies show that good nutrition habits taught in childhood pay off over a lifetime, with children growing into healthier, more health-conscious adults. Citrus fruits such as Honeybells represent an amazing opportunity to help promote good nutrition without sacrificing the sweet and robust tastes that children love in their beverages. Orange juice and grapefruit juice especially offer nutritious, taste-packed alternatives to soda and sugar-packed fruit…
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According to a recent report, Americans spend more than ten billion dollars on health and beauty products each year. Though cosmetics and hair care are expensive, most of the money is spent on skincare. It makes perfect sense, of course, seeing as how the skin is the body’s largest organ. It is also the only organ that does battle with the elements on a daily basis. Do these creams, ointments and elixirs actually work? In an attempt to answer this question, we will focus on one of the newest and hottest trends in the skincare industry, essential fruit oils. At…
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Childhood is known as the formative years for a good reason. The body does more than just get bigger; it gets stronger or weaker depending on the amount of nurturing it receives. Parents have every right to closely, even lavishly, monitor their children’s nutritional intake. Strong bones, teeth, and muscles built in the early years can very likely pay off in healthy, illness-free living later in life. There’s plenty of ways to help children grow healthy. Many nutritionists and pediatricians believe one of the best methods involves making fresh citrus fruits a key component of a child’s diet. Consider some…