Focus on Fruits

Eating The Colors of the

Rainbow!

Fruits come in all shapes and sizes.

Fruits can be juicy

Fruits can be sweet

Fruits can be mushy

Fruits can be crunchy

Fruits have lots of fiber

Fruits are a cheap

snack food

Fruits are very portable

Fruits help reduce the

chance of some diseases, like cancer, heart disease and

kidney stones

Some fruits

help your body

absorb more

calcium for

strong bones

Fruits have

antioxidants that

slow down your

body’s aging

Eating fruit can help keep you and

your family healthy

Fruits have less calories than junk foods

80 calories350 calories

Cheaper too!

Fruits cost less than junk foods

35 cents

68 cents

How do you buy the best fruit?

Check grocery ads for fruit on

sale.

Buy fruits when they are in season

Buy fruits frozen, canned or dried

Choose fruit packed in water or juice instead of syrup for fewer

calories and sugar

How can you eat more fruits?

Keep fruits out in easy reach

Put fruit in a pretty bowl on the counter where everyone can grab

some

Take fruit with you for

a quick snack

Pack in plastic to pick up and go

Add fruits to a salad

Make enough fruit salad to eat over several days

Eat fruits with your

children

Fruit, cheese and crackers are a yummy snack

Add dried fruits to snack mixes

or breakfast cereals

Keep canned or frozen fruits on hand for quick snacks

Let the kids help choose fruit for

meals.

Juice is good for you too,

BUT

Juice has as much calories and sugar as a soda, and no fiber like

whole fruits

Limit the juice your

family drinks

during the day.

Drinking juice is like drinking soda,

just as many calories, just as much sugar

Too much juice, and you’ll gain

weight!

Too much juice is bad for kids’ teeth

Sugar can rot teeth

Juice before bedtime is especially bad for young

teeth

Babies

Shouldn’t have juice until they

are six months old

Toddlers and

preschoolers should

only have about ½ cup

of juice a day

School age children and teens should have 1 cup

of juice a day

Adults

Adults should have only 2 cups of juice

per day

Limit juice and focus on eating whole

fruits.

Juice drinks and soda are not fruit juice

Juice drinks contain very

little fruit and are mostly

sugar.

This container has 43 grams of sugar and 5% real fruit juice!

Fruit drinks

add calories but no nutritio

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FRUIT JUICE isn't on this label!

This is real fruit juice!

Brought to you by:Brought to you by:Virginia’s Family Nutrition Education Program, SNAP-Ed