Nutrition Blog — fruit
Benefits of Plant Based Eating
Julia Barber
One of the most important steps you can take to improve your health, boost energy levels, and prevent diseases is to add more fruit and vegetables into your diet. Plant-based eating shines brightly as a healthy lifestyle choice.
Navigating Sugar in a Healthy Diet
Julia Barber
In a world where sugar often takes the blame for health woes, it's important to recognize that not all sugars are created equal. At Fit-Flavors, we're committed to providing you with nutritious, delicious meals made with all-natural sugars\s
The Power of Superfoods
Julia Barber
These remarkable foods are packed with an abundance of essential nutrients, antioxidants, and health-promoting properties. With their ability to provide a wide array of benefits, superfoods have become a cornerstone of a balanced and nourishing diet.
Fall Produce: The Freshest and Tastiest This Season
Julia Barber
Not only do these seasonal foods taste better, but they're also cheaper and have higher nutritional value. Plus, eating what's in season is more environmentally friendly.
How to Properly Store Your Produce
Julia Barber
Improper storage of fruits and vegetables is not only frustrating, but it is one of the top 3 reasons for the crazy amount of food waste in the US. Learning how to properly store your produce is a game changer because it can actually double the life of your fresh fruits and veggies.
Fruits and Vegetables You Should Eat This Spring
Julia Barber
Eating fruits and veggies while they are in season not only makes them more flavorful, but they are healthier too as they are best fresh and not processed or preserved. Each season when we come out with a new menu we make sure to include seasonal fruits and vegetables so we can provide the freshest, most flavorful dishes.
Combat Your Sweet Tooth With These Tips
Julia Barber
The Holiday season is here! Time for trips to the pumpkin patch, scary movies, fun costumes, and sweets, lots and lots of sweets. This time of year it can be hard to curb your sweet tooth when all of your favorite stores display Halloween candy, candy apples, and pumpkin pies front and center.
5 Tips for Packing a Healthier Lunch
Julia Barber
With the kids going back to school and everyone returning to work in person, packing a lunch everyday is now becoming a regular part of the routine. Packing your own lunch is not only more budget friendly, but it can also be healthier than grabbing food from the cafeteria or local fast food restaurant when lunch time rolls around.
Our Friend Fiber
Julia Barber
At some point or another I'm sure you’ve heard someone say “eat more fiber.” That’s because fiber is your friend! Your friend that does way more than just make you poop. While fiber does do wonders for your digestive tract by stimulating your intestines and increasing regularity, It also aids in reducing cholesterol, maintaining a healthy weight, and promoting blood sugar control.
Guide to Healthy Smoothies
Julia Barber
Let's talk about smoothies! They’re smooth, refreshing, packed with fruits, veggies, protein, and fiber. Smoothies can be great if you’re on the go, trying to lose weight, pre and post workout, or just trying to add some extra vitamins and minerals to your diet.
Postpartum Nutrition
Julia Barber
Congratulations mama, your baby is finally here! Your body just spent 9 to 10 months growing a human or maybe two, that's a big deal! Regardless of how your baby entered the world, labor and birth put a tremendous amount of stress on your body. While shedding the baby weight might be your top priority, recovering and nourishing your body with quality food after giving birth is way more important.
Vitamins for Summer
Julia Barber
Summer is here! It’s time to lay around the pool, head to the beach, barbecue with friends and family, and just enjoy the beautiful weather. Is your body ready for all this excitement? We’re not talking about getting beach body ready, we’re talking about your health.
Summer Menu
Julia Barber
Summer is here! Tis the season for sunshine, BBQ’s, pool parties, bright fresh fruits and veggies and a brand new menu. That’s right, our summer menu is here and ready to make its debut!
What To Eat For Gut Health
Julia Barber
Bacterial imbalance in your gut could present itself as unintentional weight changes, digestive issues such as irritable bowel syndrome, constipation, and heartburn, sluggishness, rashes, sleep issues, and sugar cravings.
5 Fruit Myths
Julia Barber
Are you consuming your recommended amount of fruit daily? If so, great! We’re proud of you and keep it up! If not, what’s stopping you? Are you worried about all of the sugar in fruit? Are you trying to limit carbs? Diabetic? Whatever the reason, we’re here to make sure that you don’t fall victim to these myths and don’t let fruit intimidate you anymore.
Why You Should Eat More Pineapple
Julia Barber
With so many micronutrients, pineapples have many health benefits. The largest benefit is vitamin C--an essential dietary component since we cannot make it ourselves. Vitamin C is required for the production of collagen and certain neurotransmitters, it’s involved in protein metabolism and is important for connective tissue and wound healing.
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