We've all heard "Eat the Rainbow" but do we really know why?
You see the colors of the food are due to different compounds/nutrients found in those foods, and the color correlates with certain benefits from these nutrients.
Let's look at Blue/Purple/Black foods today.
These are your figs, red cabbage, eggplant, black olives, purple carrots, purple potatoes, grapes, prunes, blueberries, blackberries, boysenberries, huckleberries...you get the picture. The foods that are deeply hued in blue, purple, or black.
While they say people eat less of these because they are less prevalent than the other colors, I beg to differ.
Yes, our big-box grocery stores stock less of these. But our Farmer's Markets, Natural Grocers, and gardens are typically teeming with these varieties.
We love our produce that is just a little different than what is commonly found. That's half the fun of discovering foods at these places or choosing seeds from the seed bibles that come every winter.
I am a big proponent that food is medicine. We eat for health, connection, and information. The information these foods pass on to our cells boosts their function and thus the health of those cells and organs.
The nutrients in these plants that make them purple, blue, and black offer specific health benefits.
Here are 8 ways these colors help support your health:
Anti-Inflammatory
Blood Vessel Health
Bone Health
Brain Health
Cell Protection
Digestive Health
Heart Health
Liver Health
Ways to get more blue, purple, and black into your life:
Add berries to a smoothie.
Add blueberries or blackberries to yogurt, oatmeal, breakfast cereal, pancakes, or waffles.
Try purple kale instead of the regular green kale.
Make a stir-fry with purple vegetables like eggplant, purple potatoes.
Try shredding some purple cabbage into salads for additional color and purple nutrients.
Try purple cabbage sauerkraut instead of the regular kind. I love this one so much more.
Have quick go-to snacks on hand for your busy schedule: figs, plums, raisins, and berries.
Ready to solidify your foundation in wellness? With all the information out there these days, it is hard to know what is best to eat and what to avoid.
And trying to find information on what your body needs specifically....that gets complicated quickly.
I've made it my mission to detangle the food confusion. Provide my clients with straightforward answers and paths forward on what to eat and how to come back into alignment with health.
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