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 calories 350 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 nutrition FRUIT JUICE isn't on this label!

This is real fruit juice!

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