08/25/2023
🌈 EATING THE RAINBOW 🌈
Did you know that the phytonutrients that pack fruits and vegetables with specific vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants also give them their specific color? The variety of color in your diet can help boost immunity, fight inflammation support detoxification of toxins and heavy metals and prevent disease.
🟥 RED: support heart health, reduce inflammation, regulate hormones and improve skin quality. Tomatoes and watermelon contain one of the most powerful antioxidants, lycopene, shown to improve the treatment and prevention of prostate cancer.
RED FOODS:
Tomatoes
Beets
Radishes
Cherries
Strawberries
Red peppers
Watermelon
🟧🟨Orange and yellow fruits and vegetables are rich in alpha and beta carotene, antioxidants that boost bone and eye health and help balance hormones.
ORANGE/YELLOW FOODS:
Carrots *raw carrots help to rid the body of excess estrogen
Orange peppers
Sweet potatoes
Pumpkin
Oranges
Peaches
Mango
Papaya
Persimmons
🟩 Green fruits and vegetables, especially cruciferous ones, are rich in vitamin k to support blood health as well as compounds like chlorophyll to help detoxify the body of toxins.
GREEN FOODS:
Broccoli
Kale
Spinach
Leafy greens
Watercress
Parsley
Arugula
🟦🟪 Blue and purple fruits and vegetables are rich in antioxidants that boost brain function and regulate blood sugar
BLUE/PURPLE FOODS:
Blueberries
Blackberries
Grapes
Figs
Purple carrots
Eggplant
🟫⬜️ Cruciferous, prebiotic and allium rich white and brown fruits and vegetables boost gut health and are antibacterial and antimicrobial, preventing infection and chronic disease
WHITE/BROWN FOODS:
Cauliflower
Garlic
Onions
Mushrooms
Potatoes
Parsnips
Daikon radish
Jicama
Head to my website for the “Rainbow Smoothie” and “Rainbow Salad with Thai Vinaigrette.”