Fruit is a nearly ideal snack

Fruit, in limited amounts, is the ideal snack to get you through a hectic day.  The main calories in fruit are from sucrose, which is sugar made from glucose and fructose.  Glucose fuels your muscle and brain as it enters the bloodstream, whereas fructose replenishes sugar stores in the liver so that your muscle and brain can be fueled later on.  This combination of short and long term fueling makes fruit an ideal snack, but more than one piece of fruit per hour or a half dozen per day can result in fructose being converted into fat in the liver, raising blood lipids.  Excess fruit intake will not, however, have nearly as bad an effect on disease risk as fructose sweeteners, since sweeteners digest faster than fruit.  I usually combine fruit with a healthy fat (almonds or walnuts), a protein (plain low fat yogurt or cottage cheese) or both.  This fruit basket was sent to me by my dear friend Dana.

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[CAPlastic Surgeon]

Fruits and vegetables should be the main components of everyone's diets. Americans could do well by cutting down on meats, cheeses and soda and eating more of the good stuff. A good rule of thumb is that if it comes out of a box it's usually bad for you.

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Fruits are rich in vitamin C. And, vitamin C is a very good antioxidant for human and helps body to better perform some functions such as protection of cells and maintaining healthy cells and aiding the absorption of iron into the body.

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