{"id":32,"date":"2013-04-10T15:19:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T20:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stagingtops.org\/wellness-wednesdays\/?p=32"},"modified":"2017-04-03T10:21:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:21:27","slug":"the-fruit-and-veggie-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/the-fruit-and-veggie-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fruit and Veggie Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Apples-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"apples on a burlap bag\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Apples-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Apples-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Apples-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Apples-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/blogs.tops.org\/wellness-wednesday\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Apples.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>March is National Nutrition Month\u00ae and the perfect time to remind employees about the importance of nutrition. So many packaged foods boast that they\u2019re \u201chigh fiber!\u201d or \u201call-natural!\u201d but some of these claims can be misleading and it\u2019s hard to know what\u2019s actually healthy and what\u2019s simply clever marketing. I\u2019m not a dietitian but I do know that it\u2019s pretty hard to go wrong with the unpackaged foods that don\u2019t need fancy ads or boastful claims\u2014fruits and vegetables.<\/p>\n<p>One of our TOPS employee chapter\u2019s favorite contests was the TOPS Fruit and Veggie Contest. All participants were given a Fruit and Vegetable card that included spaces for the letters \u201cA\u201d through \u201cZ.\u201d The challenge was to eat a fruit or vegetable that begins with a different letter of the alphabet\u2014for example apples for \u201cA\u201d and beets for \u201cB\u201d\u2014and then write the name of the fruit or vegetable on the card. Participants completed the challenge once they had eaten a fruit or vegetable from every letter of the alphabet.<\/p>\n<p>The contest ran for a month and we kicked it off with a tasting where each of us brought in an exotic or less-common fruit or vegetable. We had fun broadening our fruit and veggie horizons with quince, kohlrabi, beets, and white peaches.<\/p>\n<p>This spring, head for the produce aisle and encourage your employees to do the same by running a fresh and fun contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March is National Nutrition Month\u00ae and the perfect time to remind employees about the importance of nutrition. So many packaged foods boast that they\u2019re \u201chigh fiber!\u201d or \u201call-natural!\u201d but some of these claims can be misleading and it\u2019s hard to know what\u2019s actually healthy and what\u2019s simply clever marketing. 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