Monday, January 16, 2012

Challenge #3 - Get A Little Fruity!!

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away"




Challenge Summary: Eat 2-3 pieces of fruit every day. Not just any fruit mind you - fresh fruit! Not canned, preferably not frozen, not by the foot or rolled up in a sheet of plastic or in the gummy form!

Notes about fruit: Not all fruit is the same. Bananas and melons have much more sugar impact than apples, pears and plums.  There is a little thing called "glycemic index" that helps to categorize fruits  according to how they affect your blood glucose levels. It is a good idea to consume more fruits from the moderate to low glycemic index than from the high side of the index.  A great chart can be found at:
here  Just choose the fruit category to investigate. The lower the glycemic index number, the less that fruit will alter your blood sugar (pay attention if you have a family history of diabetes).


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