Healthy Ways To Incorporate Fruits In Diet

Including fruits in diet is a serious challenge for people who rely on takeaways and deliveries and barely find the time out of their fast paced lifestyle to cook or eat a healthy meal. Fruits are a healthy source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, fiber and nutrients and are essential for a sound mind in a sound body. However, the fact remains that most of the people ignore their need to eat more fruits.

The best way of deriving optimal benefits out of fruits is to eat them whole since molding them into different forms like smoothies and drinks takes the fiber out of them and reduces their nutrition content. Moreover, the addition of sugars to these drinks does more harm than good. Here are some of the ways to incorporate fruits in your diet with a fun element without compromising on their nutritious benefits.

Fruit Salads

Fruit salads are one of the most popular ways of including fruits in your daily dietary regime. Tossing different fruits together in the form of a salad not only retains their nutrient content but also adds variety to the daily menu.

Fruit salads are also quite easy to make. It is the best way to have something nice to eat and load up on all the antioxidants, vitamins and minerals at the same time. You can have a bowl of fruits as breakfast in the morning, as a snack or even as dessert after normal meals.

Dried Fruits

Dried fruits serve as the best snacks. Although slightly less beneficial than the fresh fruits, dried fruits offer numerous health benefits. They also have longer shelf life and can be stored for long time periods. They are loaded with fiber, anti-oxidants and various nutrients. Having a bowl of dried fruits on your work table within easy reach helps you get your fill of fruits.

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Fruit Pancakes

Start your morning with a refreshing dose of fruits in pancakes. They can also be used as snacks in between meals. Apples, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, pears and pineapples are some of the fruits that can be made into pancakes to make your breakfast all the more delicious. Avoid canned fruits and go for fresh fruits instead, since canned fruits have high calorie content.  

Fresh Fruit Juices

Take some time out to invest in a good juicing machine and squeeze the fruits into delightful juices which are sure to whet your appetite for more fruits. You can blend two or more fruits together in the form of juices to get a greater variety. Although juicing the fruits takes the fiber out of them, it is, nonetheless, a great way to include fruits in diet, especially for children.

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Milk Shakes

Mixing fruits with milk is another great way to make sure that you are getting your share of the much needed fruits in diet. Strawberries, apples, bananas etc. can easily be made into delicious shakes that are more fun than eating whole fruits. In this way, even the fiber content of the fruits is retained.