The Polly Hale Newsletter: Dec.2005 Health Update: Eat Healthy-Start Young

The Evidence continues to confirm what most folks already know. A healthy diet, with generous portions of citrus fruit, reduces the risk of serious illness. New information also reveals how important healthy eating habits are to our children.

Did you know that student test scores improve dramatically when children eat a healthy breakfast? Breakfast plays a key role in improving children’s academic performance, as well as their overall health; yet, 12% of U.S. school children skip this important meal.

So how do we teach children about the importance of a nutritious diet? Studies show that if parents start their day with a regular, healthy breakfast at home, so will their children. High on the recommended food list is a luscious, wholesome orange or grapefruit, and a bowl of cereal.

A nutritious breakfast with Florida citruses isn’t just for kids. In a recent study, the University of Ontario’s Center for Human Development showed that oranges and grapefruit may give the body added defenses to aid in the fight against breast cancer and high cholesterol.

In that study, orange consumption reduced the likelihood of debveloping a tumor by 50% and reduced the LDL, the bad cholesterol, by 43%. Some of the key health giving ingredients in citrus are called flavinoids. These vitamin-like substances are helpful to the human heart and are abundant in fresh oranges and grapefruit.

With facts like these, can you think of a better, more caring gift than fresh picked citrus from Hale Indian River Groves?

This article provided by Hale Groves, providing fresh fruit baskets, gift baskets and Florida oranges and citrus, including delicious Florida fruit gifts, Honeybells, Ruby Red Grapefruit, Valencia Oranges, Tangerines and more! On the web at HaleGroves.com.

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