You've probably seen bags of colorful freeze-dried fruit pop up on the shelves of your grocery store recently. While it looks similar to dried berries, bananas or peaches, it has a texture more akin ...
How Healthy Is Dried Fruit, Really? If you’ve ever wondered if “nature’s candy” isn’t much better for you than actual candy, we asked an RD to clear the air. Dried fruit can be a lifesaver in this ...
Dried fruit are fruit that have had almost all of the water drained from them through drying methods. The fruit shrinks during this process, leaving a small, dried fruit. Raisins, dates, prunes, figs, ...
Like pretty much every food, it's healthiest in moderation. Fact checked by Emily Peterson If you've heard it once, you've heard it at least a thousand times: Eat more fruits and vegetables. For some, ...
Berries are loaded with anthocyanins, Amy Brownstein, MS, RDN, a registered dietitian and consulting dietitian for MyNetDiary, told Health. These compounds give berries their blue, red, and purple ...
In a recent narrative review published in the Nutrients Journal, researchers retrieved articles from multiple sources, including PubMed, MedLine, and Web of Science, discussing the effects of dried ...
Next time you're packing lunch for your kid or reaching for a healthy afternoon bite, consider this: only three types of packaged fruit snacks -- dried fruit, fruit puree and canned fruit with juice - ...
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommends keeping calories from added sugars to less than 10% of your total daily ...
There’s nothing like a sweet, juicy nectarine in the summer, a crisp fall apple or naturally sweet strawberries picked at their peak. As a dietitian, it’s easy for me to get behind fruit. It’s ...