Eat lots of fresh fruits and vegetables.  These are readily available in the summer and can help keep you hydrated, but how often do we find ourselves forgetting about the veggies?  We all have a tendency to eat more processed food during the summer months because it's easier.  We're too busy or too hot to prepare our own food so we eat in restaurants, pick up take-out, or grill hamburgers and hot dogs.  Let's rethink grilling this year and pick up some summer squash, tomatoes, onions and sweet potatoes and leave the hot dog and hamburger buns on the shelves. 

 

Did you know that sweet potatoes are loaded with Beta-carotene (Vitamin A) which is a powerful antioxidant, and helps us make strong joints?  One small sweet potato has 38,433 IU of Vitamin A - Wow!  This mighty sweet potato also has 76 milligrams of Calcium, and 950 milligrams of Potassium.  I love my sweet potatoes grilled.  Just wash them, poke a hole in them and grill them over medium high heat for about 10 minutes on each side - Yumm!  You'll be surprised at how juicy they taste right off the grill.  If you serve up a load of veggies with your burgers you can skip the buns and start a whole new trend - let's go for it!