Diabetic Facts - Food Pyramid
Fruits
Fruits provide carbohydrate, vitamins, minerals, and fiber.
Examples of Fruits:
- Apples
- Fruit Juice
- Strawberries
- Dried Fruit
- Grapefruit
- Bananas
- Papaya
- Berries
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- Raisins
- Oranges
- Watermelon
- Peaches
- Mango
- Guava
- Canned Fruit
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How much is a serving of Fruit?
Examples of 1 servings:
Examples of 2 servings:
What are healthy ways to eat Fruits?
- • Eat fruits raw or cooked, as juice with no sugar added, canned in their own juice, or dried.
- • Buy smaller pieces of fruit.
- • Choose pieces of fruit more often than fruit juice. Whole fruit is more filling and has more fiber.
- • Save high-sugar and high-fat fruit desserts such as peach cobbler or cherry pie for special occasions.
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