Fruit Snacks Are Not Fruit
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Many of us have fallen victim to the false advertisement of food companies, particularly when it comes to fruit snacks. Fruit snacks are not fruit! It sounds obvious, but many of us have been tricked into thinking they contain redeeming ingredients. However, most of these fruit snacks are simply laden with sugar and made with tons of artificial additives. If you don’t already know, excess sugar can cause a whole host of health issues, from bloating to insulin resistance and even diabetes. In this short video, Chris offers up a natural solution to those fruit snack cravings.
When you’re craving something sweet, fresh or freeze-dried fruit is a way better option for you. Why? Fruit contains fiber along with natural sugar, meaning it slows down the absorption of sugar into your body and avoids the harmful effects of excess sugar. Eating natural fruit is good for you, but dried fruit (without added sugar) is just as healthy and sometimes a little more convenient to pack with you on the go. If you’re a fan of dried fruit but find it’s too sticky or gets hot and mushy, try freeze-dried fruit! Crispy Fruit Snacks by Crispy Green are made of 100% fruit and nothing else—no artificial flavors or added sugars.
Because they’re freeze dried, these fruit snack retain the fruit’s natural fiber and the sweet fruit taste, but are light and crisp, unlike traditional dried fruit. These are a great alternative to “fruit snacks” that actually contain fruit! The next time you need a snack to pack for a busy day or to put in your kids’ lunches, skip the traditional fruit snacks and opt for Crispy Green’s Crispy Fruit Snacks. They’re a light, crispy, and fun way to get your fruit snack fix in an all-natural way.
Hi there, I'm Chris Freytag, founder of Get Healthy U TV and certified personal trainer and health coach. I have three kids I raised in the 90s, which was the era of the fruit snack. Yes, new on the market around that time, fruit snacks, fruit leather, and fruit roll-ups had their heydays in the 90s. Moms everywhere were putting them in kids' lunchboxes and patting themselves on the back for including fruit. I fell prey to the craze for a nanosecond.
However, I quickly became educated on the fact that they aren't even fruit or actually snacks. They're basically candy. Yet, the millions of dollars spent on advertising these products were convincing, no doubt. I had a confrontation with a teacher actually one time when I told her that I was going to send a Pop-Tart instead of fruit snacks with my daughter, just to prove a point. The teacher said, "Absolutely not.
"We only allow healthy snacks." Therein lies the problem. Everyone was brainwashed into thinking that fruit snacks were, well, fruit. Oh my goodness, they're sugar, they stick to your teeth, they cause the same blood sugar and insulin spike in your system as donuts and candy. So today's moms are smarter and a little more educated. After all, there's lots of websites today, and there weren't many websites in the early 90s that educate us on healthy living and eating.
Anyway, I want to share with you Crispy Fruit snacks by Crispy Green. They are made of 100% pure fruit. Nothing else, no additives and no added sugar. But here's the thing, they're freeze-dried. Freeze-dried fruit basically is when they take the water from the fresh fruit, they remove it, and leave behind the true sweet fruit taste.
They're light and they're super crispy, which is perfect for snacking. Conventional dried fruit, as you know, tends to be chewy and sticky because it retains much of the water content, compared to freeze-dried fruit, which is crispy. Freeze-dried fruit also retains all of its nutrients and its fiber content, which is awesome because it's super sweet, easy to take on the go, and nutritious. Here's the thing, kids do love them. You can stick them in their backpacks, their sports bags, their lunchboxes.
And it's even easy for you to take on the go. They won't mush, they won't melt, or get hot. And there are seven flavors. I'm a big fan of the pineapple and the mango, but I love them all. Banana, Tangerine, cantaloupe, all of them, they're delicious.
But I have to say adults love them as much as kids. And for me personally, they're easy to just slip in my gym bag or in my purse. And each bag is one full serving of fruit and 55 calories or less. Give these Crispy Fruit snacks a try. Your kids will love them, and I kind of think so will you.
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