Your Color Guide to Healthy Eating

Have you ever wondered why your dinner plate was so vibrant with colors? There is a method to the colorful madness. Those colors don't just offer a beautiful display for entertainment and enjoyment but also supply a great deal of nutritional values that you and your family members need for an everyday healthy body.

It is very important to have a good balance of nutritional value from fruits and vegetables on your dinner plate. What people don't know is that the different colors in food displayed on their plates aren't just for decorative purposes; they have a different nutritional value by what color they are. Researchers recommended picking from the following colors: Blue/Purple, Green, White, Yellow/Orange, and Red.

Providing your body with phytochemicals, such as anthocyanins and phenolics are the Blue/Purple color foods. These color sources in your food help aid the risk of some cancers, healthier urinary tract functions, healthy ageing and memory function.

Fruits

Blackberries, blueberries, Black currants, Dried plums, Purple figs, Purple grapes, Plums and Raisins

Vegetables

Purple asparagus, Purple cabbage, Eggplant, Purple Belgian endive, Purple peppers, Purple-fleshed potatoes

Supplying your body with varying amounts of lutein and indoles, are the Green color foods. The green color source of nutrition will help provide a person with strong bones and teeth, aid better vision and helps the risk of some cancers.

Fruits

Avocados, Green apples, Green grapes, Honeydew, Kiwifruit, Limes, Green pears

Vegetables

Artichokes, Arugula, Asparagus, Broccoli, Broccoli rabe, Brussels sprouts, Chinese cabbage, Green beans, Green cabbage, Celery, Chayote squash, Cucumbers, Endive, Leafy greens, Leeks, Lettuce, Green onions, Okra, Peas, Green peppers, Snow peas, Sugar snap peas, Spinach, Watercress, Zucchini

A diet including White produce will supply your body with phytochemical allicin, which promotes heart health, a lower risk of some cancers, and helps cholesterol levels.

Fruits

Bananas, Brown pears, Dates, White nectarines, White peaches

Vegetables

Cauliflower, Garlic, Ginger, Jerusalem artichokes, Jicama, Kohlrabi, Mushrooms, Onions, Parsnips, White-fleshed potatoes, Shallots, Turnips, White corn

The most familiar by food consumers are the Yellow/Orange foods that have a great source of Vitamin C and provide phytonutrients carotenoids and bioflavonoids, these foods are beneficial for heart and vision health, a healthy immune system and a lower risk of some cancers.

Fruits

Yellow apples, Apricots, Cantaloupe, Cape gooseberries, Yellow figs, Grapefruit, Golden kiwifruit, Lemons, Mangoes, Nectarines, Oranges, Papayas, Peaches, Yellow pears, Persimmons, Pineapples, Tangerines, Yellow watermelon

Vegetables

Yellow beets, Butternut squash, Carrots, Yellow peppers, Yellow potatoes, Pumpkin, Rutabagas, Yellow summer squash, Sweet corn, Sweet potatoes, Yellow tomatoes, Yellow winter squash

Consumption of the Red foods allows a person a good supply of phytonutrients lycopene and anthocyanins, which promote heart and urinary tract health, memory function and a lower risk of some cancers.

Fruits

Red apples, Blood oranges, Cherries, Cranberries, Red grapes, Pink/Red grapefruit, Red pears, Pomegranates, Raspberries, Strawberries, Watermelon

Vegetables

Beets, Red peppers, Radishes, Radicchio, Red onions, Red potatoes, Rhubarb, Tomatoes

Each of these colorful food categories has its own purpose in boosting your health. A person may eat a certain color for its significant purpose, or get a good supply of them all in their daily diet, which is recommended.