FRUIT DIET

Have you ever heard of a fruitarian diet? Fruitarians eat mostly fruit. I feel that such a restriction in what you eat would be ridiculously restricting and unhealthy. Fruit has so much natural sugar in it, you would not want to eat only that as it would not be good for you.

As long as you combine fruits with a practical well rounded diet however, you will be doing wonderfully. You will be filling yourself with healthy antioxidants. Some of the most powerful fruit anti oxidants can be gained from prunes, raisons, blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, plums, oranges, red grapes and cherries.

To up your fruit intake try making fresh fruit smoothies at home. I keep a plentitude of fresh cut up fruit in my fridge. When the fruit starts to get a little soggy is when I throw it into fresh smoothies. I combine fresh fruit, ice and light in calorie juice drinks into the blender and drink a smoothie almost every day. To reduce the amount of sugar, I look for vegetable drinks that are light in calories to throw into the smoothie along with the fruit.

Try the light versions of the V8 fruit fusion drinks, or rotate through a variety of fruit and vegetable drinks depending on what is on special at the market. A handful of fresh fruit, a splash of a light or low calorie fruit or fresh vegetable drink, and some ice will combine to quell your sweet tooth while infusing you with good mix of healthy antioxidants. Smoothies fill you up and can help quell a woman's natural sweet tooth thereby making it easier to stick to a healthy eating plan.

Try drinking regular smoothies they really work. I prefer the homemade versions to the ones you can buy at the smoothie stores as those often sneak in fattening sugars and sherbets behind you back. If you make the smoothie at home you have control over what goes into it and you can be sure to use light fruit drinks instead of ones loaded with additional hidden sugar.

FRESH CUT FRUIT

In order to maximize the amount of healthy antioxidants you are getting, it is good to have a mix of fruits that you are eating. Because fruit is expensive I've tried different approaches to buying it. Unfortunately, whenever I try to save money and just buy one fruit, not only does it often go to waste (ever thrown out a bruised apple or brown banana?) but I don't get the full combination of different fruits.

Over time I learned that investing in nice fruits not only can save me money surprisingly, but give me a healthier fruit intake as well. Now when I market I buy one of those nice fruit mix party platters nearly every time I go. While they cost allot, they have the best mix of melon, kiwi, berries, mango and so forth. The fact that they are pre cut up is a boast also as the more appealing the presentation the more likely I am to eat it.

Buying a fresh mixed fruit platter is worth the premium price you pay. I usually get a large fruit platter, then look for fruits on special to add. For example, I will get a mixed platter and then strawberries or blue berries when they are on special. Buy combining a nice platter with whatever is priced on sale and looks good, you get the best of both worlds.

I've found my children eat the nicely cut up fruit from the fruit platters way more often than they would say, eat a whole apple. Since I don't want to buy allot of fruits, the platters are actually economical for me. After a few days I will use up any fruit left in the platter by throwing it into fresh smoothie drinks that I make at home with a blender.

For women looking to lose weight or jump start a healthy eating plan, investing money in nicely cut fresh fruit is worth while. Combine fruit platters with berries and other fruits on special so you always have a good mix of fruits and maximal antioxidant benefits. A good infusion of fresh fruits and fresh fruit smoothies can really help you feel better and quell your sweet tooth for junk foods.