You may have heard us talk about the importance of ‘eating the rainbow’.

Fruits and vegetables fall into different color categories: red, purple/blue, green, white/brown and yellow/orange and eating a variety of colors is a good measure of whole nutrition.

Green foods like spinach, collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, yellow corn, green peas, avocado, honeydew melon contain carotenoids, lutein, and zeaxanthin, which are believed to reduce the macular degeneration that comes with aging.

Green foods like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, bok choy, kale contain the chemicals sulforaphane and isocyanate which help ward off cancer by inhibiting carcinogens.

Each color carries its own set of unique disease fighting substances and eating a variety of colors is a great way to guarantee your body is getting a variety of minerals and nutrients it needs.

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