A To Z of Health – “F” is to Fill your plate with rainbow colours of fruits

Unhealthy food got you down? Looking for an interesting way to enrich your diet with more nutrients? Then you can make a small change of adding the rainbow in your plate to make your meal look fantastically appetizing and nutritious.

Meals and snacks enhance its qualities when it is combined with a plate full of different colours of vegetables and fruits. From sweet red cherries to savoury purple eggplants everything is not only rich in colours but also has an amusing nutritional profile that will give you a burst of nourishing health and spurge up your mood with flavour.

Nature is enrich with its own colour coding system. We bring you several reasons to add fruits and veggies with a spectrum of colours in your diet.

• Red – gives you lycopene, anthocyanin

Health benefits: Keeps diseases at bay, make you heart healthy, boost your urinary health, enhance your eye health

Best food sources: Tomatoes, beets, watermelon, strawberries, raspberries

• Orange and yellow – gives you beta carotene

Health benefits: Give you glowing and healthy skin, enhance your vision and boost your immune system

Best food sources: Sweet potato, carrots, red/orange/yellow peppers

• Green – gives you lutein and indoles

Health benefits: Reduce the risk of various types of cancers, advances eye health

Best food sources: kale, spinach, broccoli, Brussels sprouts

• Purple/blue – gives you anthocyanins, flavonoids

Health benefits: increases cognitive health, gives a boost to immune and bone health, enhance urinary health

Best food sources: purple cabbage, eggplant, blueberries, concord grapes, blackberries

• White – gives you allyl sulphides

Health benefits: provide support to the immune system, lymph, and heart health

Best food sources: garlic, cauliflower, onions

Footnote 

So, worry about that unhealthy snacking? Busy work schedule? Or don’t have time to eat dinner at night? This simple solution of just cutting out the veggies and fruits or mix it or consume it in a form of salad or stir fry vegetables can make you healthier. Just keep a track on which colour are you eating more throughout the day and plan your meals accordingly.

We wish you colourful and healthy meals. Don’t forget to check out this space for more interesting series.