What is a "colorful diet"?

What is a "colorful diet"?

Susan Silberstein & Marilyn Joyce (Health and Nutrition Educator & Heath Counselor) gives expert video advice on: Why is it important to eat a colorful diet? and more...

A colourful diet is filled with fruits and vegetables. These plants are loaded with carotenes, which give our fruits and vegetables their colours of yellow, orange, red, green and purple. Carotenes have very important functions in the body. The first function is to support our immune system. Hundreds of studies appear at the National Cancer Institute showing that carotenes can support our t-cells and our helper-suppressor ratios which is the turn-on turn-off function of the immune system; our natural killer cells, our macrophage activity. The other reason the carotenes are so important is that they provide excellent anti-oxidant activity. We have a problem in our bodies at all times called free radicals. The only way we can neutralize these very dangerous compounds is through the anti-oxidants in fresh fruits and vegetables found in a colourful diet.