Clementines: The Perfect Sweet and Nutritious Snack
About the size of a billiard ball, the clementine is a popular variety of orange that is typically sold in small wooden crates in the supermarket. Their appeal has grown spectacularly in recent years, due in no small part to the obesity epidemic plaguing many developed nations.?Tasty, healthy, and easy to carry, the clementine orange is just about the perfect snack for people who need to drop a few pounds.?And, unfortunately, most of us do!
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The numbers
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Two-thirds of Americans are overweight, while a full third are officially obese. The problems would be a purely personal one, if it weren’t for the fact that obesity is now the number one form of preventable death in America. It is also the most expensive one. Being above a normal, healthy weight increases your risk of developing several serious conditions and diseases, including high blood pressure, heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, breathing problems, and certain types of cancer.
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The problem
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There are many of them. But one of the big changes in the diet of the average American over the past three or four decades is that they are snacking a lot more. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the caloric intake of the average American man has increased by 23 percent since 1970, or around five hundred calories per day. Eating more isn’t necessarily a bad thing, as long as you burn off the calories you don’t need.?That’s a walk in the proverbial (and literal) park if you’re talking about fifty or a hundred calories. But to burn off five hundred extra calories, you’d have to stroll for around two hours each day!
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The solution
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Find healthy snacking options! It really is that simple. Instead of eating an extra fifty hundred calories of potato chips, ice cream or pretzels, ingest a few hundred less of healthier, more satisfying foods.?Fruits and vegetables have taken a backseat to the aforementioned snacks in recent years and the collective waistline of the nation has paid dearly for it.?Only one in every three Americans eats the recommended two servings of fruits each and every day. Most of the others don’t even consume one!
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Cheap, calorie-laden snack foods are not entirely to blame for the decline in fruit consumption in recent years. Some folks find fresh fruits too big, too small, too difficult to prepare, or too hard to find.?
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