Carolina Godinho is the author of the @lanchinhos profile and will give tips for healthy and fun snacks.
O fruit consumption is essential for a healthy eating and ideally, three to five servings are consumed daily. They are composed of water, vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and flavonoids, in addition to helping to regulate the body. Regular fruit consumption is associated to reducing the risk of having various diseases, as they also help to strengthen immunity.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is evidence that the fruit intake decreases the risk of diabetes and obesity. The ideal is to offer them in natura, because, in this way, we take advantage of everything that the fruit has to offer us. If made into juice or processed, they lose fibers and some nutrients.
Putting fruit in children's school lunch boxes is a great way to ensure their consumption. AND if the fruit is in season, it will be tastier, healthier and cheaper. Fruits with more flavor are more accepted by children.
To help you choose the fruits, we've made a list of December fruits with PDF to download. Let's enjoy the wide variety of fruits December brings us and offer lots of fruit for the children? In heat, fruit is always welcome!
Read too: How to choose the foods to build a balanced lunch box
December fruits
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- Hawaiian/Pearl Pineapple
- Acerola
- national plum
- Blackberry
- cashew
- foreign cherry
- Green coconut
- foreign damask
Do not stop now... There's more after the advertising ;)
- Fig
- grapefruit
- foreign kiwi
- Lychee
- tahiti lemon
- Fuji national apple/granny smith/red delicious
- Hawaiian papaya
- Haden/palmer/tommy sleeve
- watermelon
- yellow melon
- Foreign/national nectarine
- foreign pear Packham's Triumph /rocha
- national peach
- physalis
- Pomegranate
- Date
- Niagara/ruby grape
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By Carolina Godinho
Carolina Godinho has a degree in Administration and worked in the area for 15 years, until motherhood came into her life. In 2015, created the profile @snacks in order to record all the healthy snacks she prepares daily for her children, Kenji and Koji.
She is also responsible for the Snacks store, where the items used to make up all the children's lunch boxes are found.
