The Three Colors You Should Be Eating

This was an article on Yahoo! about healthy living. The article describes how loading up on different kinds of super foods is easy because nature "colors" its different super foods. Each color represents different phytochemicals. The three colors suggested to pay attention to the most are dark green, red and orange. It suggests eating 5.5-6 cups of red/orange vegetables a week. Examples of red and orange foods include red bell peppers, strawberries and carrots. It then says one should be eating 1.5-2 cups of dark green vegetables daily. Examples of "dark greens" include spinach and broccoli.

I think reading articles like this is very important for maintaining a healthy, functioning body. Most people are aware of calories, and that eating too many calories is bad, and not eating enough calories will make you lose weight. However, not all people know about things like nutrients in foods. It was interesting to me that different colors represent different nutrients and chemicals. I knew it was important to eat vegetables, but I didn't know that carrots were orange because they were a different kind of nutritious than red bell peppers. This article was interesting and informative.