Florida Oranges are Perfect for Dieters

This time of the year thousands of people are starting diets to try and drop a few pounds before the weather gets warm again and bathing suit season comes around. Florida oranges are the perfect food for dieters who want to cut calories without going hungry all the time. Delicious Florida oranges are rich in fiber, which is great for anyone trying to lose weight. Eating healthy fiber will keep you full so that you don’t feel hungry, and when you’re not hungry you won’t want to reach for high calorie snacks. Florida oranges, like grapefruit and tangerines, are low in calories too. A large orange has 80 calories or less, and a medium orange has around 60 calories. Florida oranges have almost no calories but are filled with the vitamins and minerals that you need to stay healthy.

The average candy bar or soda has 500 calories in it. If you replace just two of your daily snacks or sodas with Florida oranges you can lose weight without changing how you eat or how much you exercise. A coffee drink with milk and sugar and whipped cream can have as many as 700 calories. Skip the morning latte at the coffee shop and munch on healthy Florida oranges instead and you’ll be getting a super shot of vitamins and minerals for about a quarter of the calories that are in the coffee drink. If you think about it, since you would need to cut out 3,500 calories in order to lose one pound if you replace your daily coffee and one snack everyday with Florida oranges or a Florida orange and a low calorie grapefruit you can cut out 1200 calories each day. You could lose more than two pounds a week doing that without having to exercise more.

If you like to workout and are working out regularly you can lose even more weight. Florida oranges also can help you recover from a workout. The antioxidants in Florida oranges help fight free radical damage to your cells, which can help your body recover faster from a tough workout. Drinking orange juice or eating Florida oranges after your workout will help your body stay hydrated and strong even if you had a very strenuous workout. And since Florida oranges contain only natural sucrose you won’t suffer from any sugar spikes and crashes like you would if you drank a sports drink filled with sugar after a workout.

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At Hale Groves, we believe the best gifts come from the land, not a factory. For generations, our fruit has been grown slowly under the Florida sun, picked at its peak, and delivered fresh to your door. From sweet Navel Oranges to rare Honeybells, every gift shares the simple joy of real flavor—perfect for holidays, milestones, or everyday moments worth celebrating.

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