Instead of that cup of coffee and possibly a donut or sweet roll for your breakfast, what’s a good pick-me-up in the morning? What would be a great way to start the day?
How about fruit? Did you know that fresh fruit is a really good pick-me-up?
So, what kind of fruit would be good to start the day? Any of your favorite fruits that are in season and can grow where you are at the time. Now, if you’re in an area where fruit is not grown, eat the kind of fruit that will ripen after it’s picked. And this time of summer is a great time to find an abundance of wonderful, fresh fruit. Pick up something at your local farmers market if you can — the difference in quality, freshness and nutrition is worth the little extra effort to find where your local farmers market is located, go there and make a purchase.
Practically all fruit is picked green to ship to grocery stores, and most fruits will not ripen after they’re picked, rendering little or no value to you whatsoever. So that’s why it’s such a great idea to hit a farmers market now for your fresh fruit and vegetables.
Here are a few fruits that WILL ripen after they’re picked: Golden Delicious Apples, Apricots, Bananas, Guava, Mangoes (yummm!), Papaya, Pears, Persimmons, Pineapples, Plums, Pomegranates, Avocados and Cactus Fruit.
The fruits that WILL NOT ripen after they’re picked are all Apples except for the Golden Delicious, All Berries, Cherries, Citrus Fruit, Figs, Grapes, Melons, Nectarines and Peaches.
If you still want to have a cup of coffee during the day, have it around 2:30 or 3:00 pm, maybe once or twice a week, and instead of the coffee and donuts/sweet rolls or colas and candy bars, try your favorite fruit. This will be a quantum leap for your nutrition education and your body will reward you highly for it.
Then it will take several more hours for your body to convert them into an energy source. So, logically speaking, since we need energy at the beginning and throughout the day, it would be a good idea to start the day with something like fruit. Save the protein foods for a better time of day — later in the afternoon or evening.
All the best
Wayne “The Mango Man” Pickering, N.D., Sc.M.
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