The more color you add into your diet, the more nutrients you will get! With all the various colors, each food has different potential benefits to offer. Next time when grocery shopping, if your cart isn’t screaming the colors of the rainbow, educate yourself with the info below and take another lap.
Greens indicate antioxidant potential and fiber that reduce cancer risks and smoothens bowel movement.
Fruits: avocado, apples, grapes, honeydew, kiwi and lime
Vegetables: artichoke, asparagus, broccoli, green beans, green peppers, cucumber and leafy greens such as spinach
Orange and deep yellow fruits and vegetables contain nutrients that promote healthy vision, immunity and give you glowing skin.
Fruits: apricot, cantaloupe, grapefruit, mango, papaya, peach and pineapple
Vegetables: carrots, yellow pepper, yellow corn and sweet potatoes
Purple and blue options may have antioxidant and anti-aging benefits and may help with memory, urinary tract health.
Fruits: blackberries, blueberries, plums, raisins
Vegetables: eggplant, purple cabbage, purple-flesed potato, beetroot, turnip
Red indicate products that may help maintain a healthy heart, vision, immunity and to maintain a healthy hemoglobin level.
Fruits: cherries, cranberries, pomegranate, red/pink grape fruit, red grapes and watermelon
Vegetables: red onions, red peppers, red potatoes, rhubarb and tomatoes
White, tan and brown food contains nutrients that may promote heart health and reduce cancer risks and good vascular circulation.
Fruits: banana, brown bear, dates and white peaches
Vegetables: cauliflower, mushrooms, onions, parsnips, white-fleshed potato and white corn
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Yo …good luck on The Bachelor (even though I know it’s already pre-taped). LOVE that you are a blogger and they let you on this show. I’m a blogger too and you are already my #1 heading into the premier. I recap the show every week at http://spunkybean.com and you can follow me on Twitter at @donkowalewski or @spunkybean. I promise, I’m only sayin’ nice things about ya. We blogosphere peeps gotta stick together, yo.
One of the easiest ways to spot good food at events, too. Brightly colored fruits and veg stand out among the beige which is often lacking in nutrients and high in sugar and fat at the buffet table.
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Hope you did well on the Bachelor! Just stopping in to check out your blog
i feel so bad for what’s happening to you on tonight’s show. you seem like a really good person!
I have a Superfoods Challenge going on at my blog right now, if you’d like to join in! We are focusing on eating lots of healthy foods including colorful fruits and veggies. Might be something you’d enjoy!
I saw you on the bachelor and thought you were great. I love the bachelor and have been reading some of your posts. You are a talented writer and I look forward to your other posts. Keep it up!
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Yum! One of my New Year’s resolution is to eat more fruits and vegetables. I know it’s important to eat all the colors. Just have to find a way to fit all of them into my diet!
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Don’t worry, Jenna! Life WILL go on after Bachelor Ben
Just STOP looking for love…it is when you are happy with yourself and doing what you love to do, that LOVE <3 will find YOU!!
Love this post!! Are you a vegan, Jenna? Even if you’re not, I love your emphasis on a colorful diet of fruits and veggies
Keep your head up! You’re a beautiful girl with so much to offer a lucky guy. It seems like this season of Bachelor is pretty rough, and you’re just too nice of a person to be competing with the likes of some of these girls. Good luck in life and love!
Hi Jenna! I think you are going to meet your future guy in an unconventional, non-traditional way. Funny thing is that “The Bachelor” can fit the bill like something non-traditional for sure, but I feel something else is going to come your way which will lead to someone you will find very appealing. This might sound cliche but he has a thing for cars, whether it is that he likes to work on it himself, or loves car shows. I feel he is a little bit older then you, and somehow he will ground you and you will feel safe with him. It is hard for you to trust, but you will need to let go of all your past pain and really embrace everything as is it were new and fresh. Don’t worry you can still be “you” but try to approach things and experiences with a fresh approach and he will very much appreciate that.
If I see that you leave a comment for this, and would like me to reconnect with you, I will be glad to comment again. Hope this helps
You were my favorite girl on the bachelor & you were the only really smart one. Most of the girls are so boring. How stupid of the show makers to let you go. Having said that, that guy (what’s his name again?) was not smart enough for you, kind of empty headed and not at all analytical — though i’m not that smart, i’m overanalyzing everything myself and a similarmatch never worked for me on the long run. You’re lucky that you’re off the hook!!! And now sooo many people will find your blog. :O)