Calorie Content in FruitWhat Counts as a Serving of Fruit? | Tips:Getting Fruits in the Daily Diet

What Foods are in the Fruit Group?


Fruits are a fantastic way to satisfy the Sweet Tooth while losing weight because they are ultra low in calories. Most also provide a blast of healthy nutritional values as well as dietary fiber. Those rich in Vitamin C can boost your immunity while your losing weight - a very good thing because there's nothing that will kill a weight loss plan quicker than suddenly taking ill.

The allure encapsulating fruits is their beautiful rainbow of colors, the extensive choices of preparation and their completed royal state - all of which deserve a crown!

Fruits of Color - From dark green to yellow to red to orange to blue to black to rustic brown - so many color choices to satisfy both the eyes and the palate.

Fruits of Choice - Fruits arrive at our humble dining table in many forms. Some arrived raw, some arrive cooked, some arrive fresh (ooh-la-la), some arrive frozen, some arrived canned, while others show up in sweet-fashion in their fabulous dried or dehydrated forms.

Fruits of Texture - Smashed, mashed, chopped, grated, raw, whole, frozen, canned, dried - even buried in salads and baked desserts - so many variations of selective choice that it's enough to make a good chef cry with joy!

Fruits - The Healthy Organizational Chart - Although fruits live in the Food Pyramid penthouse, their origins are so vast that Diet Bites divided them into complimenting groups to extenuate the variety they bring to the daily diet. Note that fruit juice is considered as a serving of fruit when the juice consists of 100% juice.

The underscored fruits lead to extensive information on the fruit including quick low calorie recipes, and calorie content.

Berries & Fruits of the Vine
Strawberries
Blueberries
Gooseberries
Blackberries
Raspberries
Cherries
Grapes
Cranberries

Citrus Fruits
Grapefruit
Pummelos
Lemons
Limes
Oranges
Tangerines
Dried Fruits - Sweeties Pies
Prunes
Raisins
Apples
Pineapple
Apricots
Dates
Cranberries
Currants
Figs
Melons
Cantaloupe
Honeydew
Watermelon
Casaba
The Pit Group
Nectarines
Peaches
Plums
Apricots
Avocado
Chayote (edible seed)
Litchis
100% Fruit juice:
Orange
Apple
Grape
Grapefruit
Pomegranate
Blueberry
Cherry
Mixed Fruits
Fruit Cocktail
The Tropical Group & Exotic Fruits
Papaya
Pineapple
Mangoes
Bananas
Plantains
Kiwifruit
Breadfruit
Starfruit
Cherimoya
Figs
Guava
Kumquats
Longans
Loquats
Mammy Apple
Passion Fruit
Persimmon
Prickly Pear
Quince
Sapote
 
Fruit Tree - Farm Favorites
Pears
Apples

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