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If you are like most Americans, you're probably concerned about getting enough fruits and vegetables in your diet. The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2005) recommends that both adults and children increase their servings of fruits and vegetables. For adults consuming a 2000 calorie diet, that's 4 servings of fruit per day and 5 servings of vegetables (1) (1 serving equals 1/2 cup). For children, there has been a general decline in fruit and vegetable consumption other than potatoes and the recent Consensus Statement from the American Heart Association on Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents further emphasizes the importance of fruit and vegetable intake for children (2). For dietary guidance based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Report, visit the new Food Guide Pyramid www.MyPyramid.gov.

Tropicana® is devoted to helping you get your recommended servings of fruits and vegetables through the natural goodness of orange juice. By offering a wide variety of nutritious juices, Tropicana can help you and your family wake up to a fresh, nutritious start. So go ahead, have a Tropicana morning!

Some of the important nutrients found in 100% orange juice include vitamin C, folate and potassium.

Just one 8-oz glass of Tropicana® Pure Premium® orange juice provides:

• A full day's supply of vitamin C.
• About half of adults consume the recommended levels of vitamin C.(3)
• Vitamin C is an antioxidant that has many functions such as the promotion of healthy skin and gums and the ability to increase iron absorption from non-meat iron sources (iron-rich grains and other plant foods such as whole-grain cereals) when ingested at the same time as the iron.(3)
• A good source of folate.
• Folate has many health benefits including it may help reduce the risk of neural tube birth defects during pregnancy*, and help build healthy red blood cells.
• As much potassium as a banana.
• Based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report, no age group consumes the current recommended levels of potassium.(4) (4700 mg/day).
• Diets containing foods that are good sources of potassium and low in sodium may reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stroke.
• 2 servings of fruit. According to the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the majority of fruit servings should come from whole fruit.
  
  

1. Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005
2. Gidding S.S.,et al. Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents: A Guide for Practitioners. Circulation. 2005;112:2061-2075.
3. Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board, 2000. Dietary Reference Intakes for Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Selenium and Carotenoids. National Academy Press. Washington, D.C.
4. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Report 2005
   
   

   *Healthful diets with adequate folate may reduce a woman's risk of having a child with a brain or spinal cord defect.