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How much colour do you see on your plate? Do you spy red,orange and green? Or do you spot drearybrown?
The answer to this one could save you from cancer or heart problem.

The power of colour:
The deeper the colour of your foods,the more concentrated these nutrients are in them. Vegetables and fruits are grouped under five colors-red, orange/ green, yellow,white,blue/ purple. These groups have phytochemicals specific to them and so eating foods from a colour group will give you health benefits from those particular phytochemicals. It is important to include them all for complete protection. Counting serving is not enough if you're missing one or more colour categories.

Red - Tomatoes and strawberries have anthocyanins and lycopene, which are great for a healthy urinary tract, heart and memory, and are good cancer busters.Lycopene has the potential to fight breast cancer. Foods that fall in this colour group are red apples, cherries, red grapefruit, pomegranates,beet,radishes
watermelon,red peppers,tomatoes,etc.

Orange and yellow - foods contain carotenoids and bioflavonoids. Beta-carotene converts into Vitamin A in the body, which is required for night vision. Carotenoids also protect DNA from damage, preventing several cancers, including that of the breast, intestinal, lung,prostate and uterine that.Additionally, they improve your immune response and protect the skin from UV radiation.

Yellow-green vegetables prevent age-related macular degeneration and cataracts, lower the risk of uterine cancer, and protect against osteoporosis. For overall protection, you should eat a variety of vegetable and fruits in this colour group.So load up on the yellow apples, apricots, raspberries, figs, lemons, mangoes, oranges, papayas, peaches, pears, pineapples, carrats,yellow peppers,pumpkins, sweet corn and bananas.

White and brown fruits and vegetables contains allicin,which is the anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal phytochemical, and acts as the poor man's antibiotic.Foods in this catagory include onions, garlic, bananas, peas,ginger, cauliflower, mushrooms, potatoes, turnips and white corn.

Green--the sulfloraphane, isocyanate and indoles present in your greens ward off cancer by inhibiting carcinogens in your bidy. which is why you need to eat your broccoli and cabbage.Greens are rich in minerals and B - complex vitamins, Eating them will also give you stronger bones and teeth. Choose from avocados, green apple, green grapes, kiwifruit, limes, green pears, broccali,cabbage, beans coriander, cucumber, leafy greens like spinach and mustard leaves, lady's finger, peas and green pepper.

Blue and purple foods fruits and vegetables contain anthocyanins and phenolics. it is a powerful antioxidants, which have potent immune-stimulating properties.They protect blood platelets from clumping, a feature which could be life saving for heart patients. Berries are loaded with fibre and ellagic acid shown to inhibit cancer.Other foods in this colour groups are prunes, purple grapes, raisins,purple cabbage brinjal,purple,peppers and jumuns.