Your active life demands a constant and fresh supply of nutrients to keep it running fit and energized throughout your busy day. If you're looking for something more encouraging to a healthy diet, something that will amplify your health and fitness rather than work against it, you definitely need an ample supply of fresh citrus fruit in your daily eating regimen.

What fruits are included in the Citrus fruit family?

Fresh citrus fruits include many of the fruits you probably already know about, including the many different kinds of oranges, grapefruit and ruby red grapefruit, lemons and limes, and less famous but equally delicious citrus fruits such as the tangerine, tangelo and the pomelo. Citrus fruits are known for their delicious taste, but they're also renowned for their convenient size and easy to peel rinds. Citrus fruits are typically no larger than a fist (the grapefruit notwithstanding) but still come packed tight with a huge assortment of vitamins, minerals, and fiber.

What benefits are available from the citrus fruit family?

Citrus fruits are rich in a variety of vitamins including the "king" nutrient Vitamin C. Vitamin C has rightly been called a "wonder drug" for its versatility and multi-faceted benefits, including helping the body grow, to resist diseases and infections, and to help build strong muscle and bone tissue. Vitamin A and Vitamin B6 are also routinely found in many citrus fruits, and they're both important in helping the body stave off infection and for improving tissue strength.

Many citrus fruits also contain strong doses of calcium, so they're an important nutritional source for children and the elderly. Many also contain potassium, which provides seniors with an important nutrient they'll need in increased amounts as they grow older.

What's the best way to include many different kinds of fruits into my diet?

The assorted fruit basket includes several different types of fruit artfully arranged together, presenting an exciting visual display that's still every bit as nutritious as a whole fruit bar's worth of citrus fruit offerings.

Some online fresh citrus fruit boutiques also offer an assortment of fruit towers, which stack the fruit vertically into a surprising pyramidal shape. Fruit bowls - as their name describes - serves a variety of fresh citrus fruits in a reusable ceramic bowl that goes with any décor. Both are available from online fresh citrus fruit boutiques, at prices comparable to the basic and traditional fruit basket.