This essay is adapted from the eponymous exhibition catalogue for Pocahontas: Her Life and Legend, which was on display at the Virginia Historical Society October 24, 1994, through April 30, 1995. It appeared in the December 1994 - January 1995 issue of American Art Review.
1 If you want to eat fruit after a meal, then you should wait about 3 hours before eating fruit. 2  This is to ensure that the food had previously been digested by the body before the fruit enters the body. 3  Try to eat fruit in the morning. 4  This helps to increase blood sugar slowly and not in a hurry.
Eat three to five servings (about 1-1/2 to 2 cups total) of fruit each day. Eat three to five servings (about 2 to 3 cups total) of vegetables each day. Sample servings (portions) of fruits: 1 medium piece of fruit (orange, apple, kiwi, plum, peach, pear or nectarine) 1/2 banana.