When it is summer time, suddenly fruit becomes very appealing as a snack. For a start, all those lovely fruits such as peaches, cherries and nectarines are suddenly available fresh and even the aroma of them in the supermarket makes you want to buy them. But you can't always get to the supermarket especially when you are at work, so a fresh fruit delivery sounds really appealing.

Eating fruit has many advantages. Fruit is really healthy and provides many vitamins and minerals necessary for the human body. It is low in fat - apart from avocados - and so you can eat a tasty snack without worrying about how many kilojoules are in it. Fruit is refreshing in your mouth as it contains a high percentage of liquid, unlike cake and other kinds of dry snacks that make you thirsty.

Children should be given at least one piece of fruit in their lunches and adults should eat at least three pieces of fruit each day for the best result. Fruit also keeps your digestive processes going well as it helps to prevent constipation. There is such a wonderful variety that you can eat it every day and not get tired of it. You can have crisp apples, juicy oranges and mandarins, soft bananas and many other kinds of fruit including berries of all kinds.

We should always have fruit at work too, but people who buy their lunch usually don't bother taking fruit for a snack. Besides, often you run out of fruit and have to wait until your next shopping expedition to get some more. If you could access fruit while at work rather than taking it from home it would be very convenient and many more people would be inclined to eat it.

Innovative people have started supplying fruit baskets Melbourne to companies who are interested in providing healthy snacks to their employees. This need not cost a lot if the employees were happy to throw a few dollars each week into the fruit kitty. They would then have an assortment of wonderful fruit snacks to keep them going throughout the day.

Fruit is best if it is fresh, which is why having it delivered each time is the best way to get it. You don't have to have it every day of course, but can choose a twice or thrice weekly delivery if it suits you better. So choose the healthy alternative and watch your health improve with fruit.