Eat a Rainbow!

Fruits and Vegetables: How to tell what you are eating by the color of your food

Red fruits and veggies - 

Contain lycopene along with other nutrients. Lycopene is an antioxidant responsible for the red color of the fruit or vegetable. 

Following a diet rich in lycopene has been liked to reduced risk for several major diseases. 

Orange and Yellow fruits and veggies - 

Contain beta-carotene, vitamin C, potassium along with other nutrients. 

Eating Orange and Yellow fruits and vegetables may help promote heart and vision health. May also promote a healthy immune system

Green fruits and vegetables - 

Contain phytochemicals, chlorophyll, and other nutrients. 

Eating green fruits and vegetables can help reduce the risk of cancer, normalize digestion time, fight free radicals, and boost immune system.

 Blue and Purple fruits and vegetables - 

Contain nutrients such as resveratrol and flavonoids. 

Blue and purple fruits and veggies pack a powerful punch of antioxidants. Blue and purple fruits and veggies help give you extra protection against urinary tract infections and could help boost brain and vision health. 

White/tan/brown fruits and vegetables - 

Contain nutrients such as beta-glucans and ligans. 

White/tan/brown fruits and vegetables can reduce the risk colon, prostate, and breast cancer.