Start your day off right with Tropicana Pure Premium Orange Juice. Drinking orange juice every morning as part of a balanced breakfast is one of the healthiest habits you can adopt. Why? Orange juice is one of the most nutrient-dense fruit juices commonly consumed in the United States, and breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Breakfast’s status as the most important meal of the day is more than just an old saying. Eating breakfast regularly may promote health in multiple ways. But not all breakfasts are created equal. When deciding what to eat in the morning, you should choose nutrient dense foods that meet 2010 Dietary Guidelines, such as 100% orange juice.
The Benefits of Breakfast
- Breakfast helps build the body.
Breakfast eaters tend to have diets that are higher in grains, fruit, fiber, calcium and overall variety. Nutrients from these foods are essential for growth and development. Source: (1) Siega-Riz AM, et al. Trends in Breakfast Consumption for Children in the United States from 1965 to 1991. American Journal of Clincal Nutrition 1998;67 (suppl): 748S-756S (2) Rampersaund GC, et al. Breakfast Habits, Nutritional Status, Body Weight, and Academic Performance in Children and Adolescents. Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2005; 105: 743-760 - Breakfast nourishes the brain.
Breakfast helps provide energy you and your family need to be at your best every day. - Breakfast helps jump start your day.
Just like a car needs gas after a long trip, the body needs refueling after a night’s sleep. Get your family going with the right fuel – a healthy breakfast. Including a glass of orange juice is a perfect complement to a health breakfast. - Breakfast may help to manage weight.
Health professionals recommend eating a nutritious breakfast as part of a well-planned weight management program.
What to eat for Breakfast
Not all breakfasts are created equal. When deciding what to eat each morning, you should select foods that meet three key recommendations of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005.
Fruit.
The Dietary Guidelines recommend that people increase their intake of vegetables and fruits as part of a healthy diet and that a majority of fruit consumption be whole fruit. Tropicana Pure Premium® Orange Juice provides 2 servings of fruit in every 8oz glass. You’ll also get a day’s worth of Vitamin C and the potassium found in a medium banana by adding a glass of Tropicana OJ to your breakfast.* (*The 2010 Dietary Guidelines recommend that vegetables and fruits should make up half your plate and that a majority of fruit consumption be whole fruit.)
Whole Grains.
The Dietary Guidelines recommend increasing your consumption of whole grains, vegetables, fruits and other foods with naturally occurring fiber each day. Whole grains are sources of fiber, magnesium, vitamin E, and other antioxidants, and have been positively associated with maintaining good heart health.
Dairy.
Breakfast is an excellent way to get 3 cups per day of fat-free or low-fat milk (or equivalent dairy products). Nonfat and low-fat milk and dairy products provide a good source of calcium, and fortified milk provides vitamin D, which works with calcium to help the body maintain bone health.