Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Best Fruits For a Healthy Life / Lemonade Kiss

Instead of eating empty calories like a bag of M&M's, grab a nutritious snack.
Satisfy your sweet tooth and keep your blood sugar in check with the following fresh or frozen low-carb choices.


The key is to keep an eye on portion sizes and stay away from fruits canned in syrups or other types of added sugar. These fruits are all  Low Carb and Low Sugar, great for those of us with Diabetes, or anyone who just prefers to stay healthy!


Any kind of berries  3/4 cup = 62 calories & 16 grams of carbs.
                                              Antioxidants, Vitamins, Fiber

Cherries              12          = 59 calories & 14 grams of carbs. 
                                               Antioxidants, Fight heart desease & cancer 

Apricots             1          =  17 calories & 4 grams of carbohydrates
                                              Eat 4 for Vitamin A & Fiber

Apple  (small, size of fist) = 54 calories & 14 grams of carbohydrates  
                                             Vitamin C & Fiber

Orange             1          = 62 calories & 15 grams of carbohydrates
                                             Daily req. of Vitamin C & Potasium

Kiwi (one large size)         = 56 calories & 13 grams of carbs.
                                             Potasium, Fiber & Vitamin C

Peach              1 size of tennis ball = low carb, Vitamin A, C, Potasium and Fiber

Pear 1 size of your fist   = Low carb, Potasium and Fiber






Lemonade Kiss


What could be better than this?
Sitting on the bench
with a lemonade kiss!

Sailboats still
at a distance
with
waves caressing 
the soft white sand
and
swaying 
as if they were dancing
the way we do with the band.

I feel so blessed 
I feel in bliss
with you by my side,
and my lemonade kiss!

From the book "Awakening Love"
Written by Yolanda Pacheco Garcia
www.victoryp.com