The color diet
Eat foods of all colors and learn what benefits they bring you. The color diet is ideal....
Nature is so wise that it has given each food a color based on its properties and even changes its color and nutritional palette depending on the seasons. Do you want to follow a rich and varied diet? Eat foods of all colors and learn what benefits they bring you. The color diet is ideal. Do you know what the key is to making a super vitamin salad? Mix vegetables of different colors: tomatoes, cucumber, beet, corn, hearts of palm, watercress, carrot… And you can apply the same thing to your dishes: the more colors they have, the tastier your diet will be. And it is not only important to expand the color palette with each meal, but for it to be different every day.
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
This food group is the one that offers you the most color possibilities, so if your diet is polychromatic it will surely be because you are eating abundant fruits and vegetables. And this is the main recommendation of nutritionists. How else can you add color to a pasta dish, a steak or a fried egg? By eating in technicolor you will also be adding many fewer calories to your diet than if you limit yourself to accompanying your dishes with French fries.
THE PROPERTIES OF COLORS
Phytonutrients, responsible for the color of foods, have beneficial effects on health: they protect us from cancer and free radicals, help the body eliminate toxins**, improve the synthesis of cholesterol, lower blood pressure and delay aging and associated diseases. Each color represents a combination of nutrients beneficial to health.
YELLOW AND ORANGE FOODS
They help reduce the risk of fetal malformations, ensure good vision and healthy skin, strengthen the immune system and protect against certain cancers.
GREEN FOODS
They also protect the fetus, maintain visual, liver and arterial health, and keep bones and teeth strong.
RED FOODS
Red foods improve cardiovascular health, memory and protect against urinary diseases.
WHITE FOODS
They lower blood pressure, prevent diabetes and reduce cholesterol.
VIOLET FOODS
Foods like blueberries maintain the health of the urinary tract, improve memory and combat aging.
FROM SIGHT LOVE IS BORN
It is also very important when cooking, since we not only eat for nutrition but for pleasure. Most people choose what they eat based on what they feel like at the time and what they like, which doesn’t always coincide with what they need or find beneficial. Preparing a dish in a way that is pleasing to the eye will make it much more attractive to the palate, something very useful when it comes to feeding a child. Making your dishes more colorful will be a way to enjoy the act of eating much more.
