S’ALTERNATIVE®: MAKE A HEALTHY CHOICE
By making the Sunkist® S’alternative® choice, you’re choosing an all-natural way to flavor food, boost potassium intake, and cut down on sodium using Sunkist lemons
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By making the Sunkist® S’alternative® choice, you’re choosing an all-natural way to flavor food, boost potassium intake, and cut down on sodium using Sunkist lemons
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From stress reduction and nausea prevention to helping improve memory and digestion, the smell of citrus has many proven benefits.
Orange oil contains a key soothing ingredient, linalool, which helps relieve tension and stress and creates a peaceful, calm atmosphere. The fresh scent of lemon oil has been shown to perk people up and reduce anxiety. Grapefruit aromas are commonly known to curb depression and enhance memory.
Research has found that Cara Cara Navel oranges — a special variety of juicy, sweet, seedless navels — are packed with natural nutrients and minerals to power a healthy immune system.
Cara Cara Navel oranges offer over 20 percent more Vitamin C and nearly 30 percent more Vitamin A than conventional oranges, and are an excellent source of both vitamins. Cara Caras are also a good source of folate, fiber and potassium, and a natural source of lycopene, the disease-fighting antioxidant that gives this orange’s flesh a distinctive pink color. See the Sunkist Cara Cara orange nutrition label for more details. This power-packed citrus is gaining in popularity, and with its lower acidity, is a great treat for kids. A perfect snack served as wedges, it’s also a colorful addition to recipes.
Your mother was onto something back in the day with her grapefruit diet, but what she may not have realized then was that grapefruit is more than just a diet food--it’s a better body fruit.
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Lemon juice and water is a refreshing and calming combination. If you need another reason to keep Sunkist lemons around the house, we’ve got several.
So take an Ultimate Diet Drink break and enjoy a tall, cool glass of water flavored with the juice from Sunkist lemons.
Adding fresh citrus to your decor can brighten your home and spirits.
Citrus is not only bright and beautiful, but also wonderfully fragrant. From simply placing citrus in a bowl on your counter top, to incorporating into floral arrangements, there are many ways that citrus fruit can add zest to your home.
For decorating and entertaining ideas, visit Sunkist on YouTube.
Lemons are wonderful in recipes, but they’re also great all-natural cleaners. Here are just a few of the uses for lemons around the home.
Drying citrus not only fills the room with a refreshing scent, but it’s also decorative and delicious.
Get the recipe or watch a video to learn how easy it is to dry citrus.
The Sunkist lemon almond scrub is a soothing, easy to make exfoliator that leaves your skin feeling clean, refreshed and invigorated.
Lemon Almond Scrub
DIRECTIONS:
In a coffee grinder or food processor, grind together the almonds and the Sunkist lemon zest. In a small bowl, combine the mixture with lemon juice and honey until it forms a grainy cream.
To use, apply the mixture to your face, massaging in a circular motion to lift and remove all of the dirt and exfoliate the skin. Rinse with warm water.
Your skin will be smooth with a fresh citrus scent.
For more lemon beauty ideas, check out this video.
This superfood can beautify you inside and out. Sunkist grapefruit contain phytonutrients that function as antioxidants, protecting you from free radicals that damage skin cells and lead to signs of aging.
Grapefruit Sugar Scrub
DIRECTIONS:
Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Apply to your hands by dipping a sliced grapefruit in the grapefruit sugar mixture. In addition to the massaging skin benefits, the grapefruit will also work to brighten nails. Follow the treatment with a luke-warm soaked wash cloth.
Watch this video to learn more.