Summertime is when there are more fruits to choose and eat. The farmer's markets and the grocery stores are stocked with watermelon, strawberries, and cantaloupes. It is a great time to try to eat the 3-4 servings of fruit that are recommended daily. When training camp starts for the Ravens, half of the salad bar is fresh fruit like pineapple, grapes, and honeydew melon.
It is important to eat fresh fruit instead of juice or fruit snacks. Fresh fruit has more vitamins and minerals than a juice drink or fruit roll up. Eating fruit will also give you some fiber which helps digestion. Here is a list of the fruit slams or fruit shams that we are able to buy in the grocery store.
Fruit Slam Fruit Sham
Blueberries Fruit Chews
Cantaloupe Fruit Gushers
Kiwi Fruit Rolls
Mango Fruit Roll Up
Oranges Fruit Pieces
Peach Fruit Snacks
Pineapple Fruit Pieces
Strawberries Juice Box
Watermelon Toaster Pastries with Fruit
Choose real fruit and limit the sugar sweetened fruit snacks. Training camp starts in 4 weeks—have a great July! Talk to you when the NFL pre-season begins.
