Healthy snack foods - fruit.

Fruit is our next healthy snack food. Not only is fruit a healthy snack food, it is also inexpensive, convenient to eat and store as well as being one of the most "natural" foods available. Consider this - fruit grows on plants with the express purpose of attracting animals (plus humans) to eat it so as to spread the plants seeds and thereby ensuring the survival of the plant type. Brilliant.

Eating fruit between meals as a snack is a great way to increase your fruit intake. It is recommended by nutrition experts that we eat at least five portions of fruit and/or vegetables a day as part of a balanced diet.

Consuming fruit, whether fresh, dried, frozen or canned, as part of your daily diet will make you feel great, look good, and help you to be more active and healthy. Fruit can help proof you against such diseases as diabetes, heart disease, Alzheimer's and cancer.

Nearly all fruits are low in fat, sodium, and none have cholesterol.

Fruit is chock full of antioxidants and fibre as well as vitamins and minerals. The antioxidants will help in the fight against free radicals and the fibre will help maintain a very healthy digestive system.

For a great rundown of the nutritional value of all the different fruit types, just go here:

http://www.elook.org/nutrition/fruits/

Today's workout:

Shoulders workout.

Alternate Barbell Overhead Press.

20.0 kg (44.1 lb) x 16 reps (20)
20.0 kg (44.1 lb) x 13 reps (15)
22.5 kg (49.6 lb) x 12 reps (12) *
27.5 kg (60.6 lb) x 8 reps (10)
30.0 kg (66.1 lb) x 6 reps (8)
40.0 kg (88.2 lb) x 1 rep (6)
40.0 kg (88.2 lb) x 1 rep (4)
20.0 kg (44.1 lb) x 13 reps (15)
15.0 kg (33.1 lb) x 14 reps (30)

Barbell Shrugs.

40.o kg (88.2 lb) x 12 reps (12) *

Next time - back.