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What is Potassium?
A mineral that helps your brain tell your muscles when to move.
Potassium helps keep a healthy blood pressure and helps the body use the energy found in carbohydrates.
Dietary Fiber
Soluble fiber (dissolves in water) helps control blood sugar levels and carries cholesterol out of the body.
Insoluble fiber (does not dissolve in water) helps move food through the body. Water soluble
Dates
There are about 250,000 date palm trees in the United States, most are in the Coachella Valley.
Iraq is slightly larger than California but has nearly 22 million date palm trees.
Why do you think Iraq has more date palm trees than California?
What is a Fig?
The fig is an inside out or inverted flower. The seeds are the real fruit!
Figs are easy to grow in areas with hot, dry summers and cool, wet winters.
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Prunes or Plums?
Did you know that prunes are plums that have been dried? California is the worlds leader of dried plums, producing about 65% of the worlds supply. About 99% of the supply for the United States comes from California.
Fun Fact
In 1905 there were not enough workers to pick the prune plums so one farmer thought he had the answer: He brought 500 monkeys to his field from Panama to pick the plums.
Organized into crews of 50 with a human foreman overseeing them, the monkeys hit the fields and scampered up the trees to their pickings. But while they proved good at harvesting the fruit, they were also good at gobbling up every prune plum they picked! Today machines harvest the fruit.
http://www.californiadriedplums.org/
Raisins
California grape growers discovered raisins accidentally when an early heat wave dried the grapes on the vine. Ninety percent of raisins are made from the Thompson Seedless variety.
Grapes are laid onto trays and dry by the heat of the sun.
Farmers lay the grapes out to dry beginning late August through September. If it rains, the drying grapes will get moldy.
Tasting Trio
Do-It-Yourself Trail Mix Ingredients 1.Two packages toasted oat cereal. 2.One package dried blueberries. 3.One package dried cherries.
What other ingredients could you add to make a healthy trail mix?
For CalFresh information, call 1-877-847-3663. Funded by USDA SNAP, an equal opportunity provider and employer. Visit www.cachampionsforchange.net for healthy tips. California Department of Public Health