The Healthy Side of Thanksgiving
Traditionally, Thanksgiving has always been viewed as the holiday where you indulge, but when it comes to fruits and vegetables, more matters – so this i…
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Fruits & Veggies for Health
Over the years as I have been reading about the value of eating more fresh fruit and vegetables, I realized that with our eating habits at the time there was n…
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Is there such a thing as too much fruit? I LOVE LOVE LOVE fresh or dried fruit and I eat them everyday. I always have some form of fruit in my breakfast, 1 or both of my small snacks, lunch, occassionally in my dinner, and quite often in my dessert. My sister says that I sometimes over-do-it, but I don’t feel that is the case. I am studying to become a certified dietian, and I would like to know as much as possible. Thanks!
It’s great that you are reaching for fruit for snacks and including it in your meals.Consumption of fruit would be considered excessive if the fruit is…
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I’m new to juicing fruits and veggies. am I consuming a lot of calories from my juiced fruits and veggies?
It depends on how much you are consuming.It is potentially easier to obtain more calories from juice because it is easier to consume more since the juice ten…
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What the heck is a vegetable????
In the technical sense, a vegetable is the edible part of plants that is used as food, including fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves or flower…
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Fall Harvest: Discover Winter Squash
As the leaves begin to change to autumn colors and cool crisp air replaces the sultry summer heat, it’s the perfect time to cook with winter squash! Wint…
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when fruits and veggies are frozen don’t they lose nutrients like vitamins and minerals?
There is a minimal loss of nutrients whenever fruits and veggies are processed, such as in cooking or heating. When produce is commercially frozen or canned, t…
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I like to substitute spaghetti squash for my pasta but I’m not sure what the proper amount is and how to count it – X # carb – 1/2cup – 1 fruit?/ vegetable. Also I make my own whole cranberry sauce using Splenda, onions. water, etc. Would I still count a serving (1/4 cup of cooked) as 1 fruit plus the Splenda?
One serving of spaghetti squash is ½ cup, and contains about 5 grams of carbohydrate. ½ cup of whole unsweetened cranberries has about 6 grams of…
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kids own plate
When my daughter, Kira, was born, a good friendthe mother of two older children herself —gave me a very cute pottery dish, shaped a flat round with a lit…
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just add more
The way I incorporate more fruits: I cut up 1 cup of fruit (berries, bananas and kiwi) and put it in my yogurt or cereal every morning.At dinner,I steam a vari…
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Try Soup
I have found that pureed vegetables are great as a soup and also as an addition to anything that you bake that might need liquid such as meatloaf or even quich…
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prepare ahead of time
I wash fruit and vegestables as soon as I can after shopping.I separate the fruit and vegestables into plastic sandwich bags by serving size and store in the r…
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