Why is it important to eat a colorful diet?
Let's think about the food that we put in our body. If we eat all one colour, one tone, we're only getting the nutrients that are inherent in that particular colour; whether it be the phytochemical family that creates that colour or the certain nutrients that are specifically in green lettuce or green broccoli. I talk to my clients constantly, and I say, "What do you buy when you go to the grocery store?" Well, you buy green lettuce and green broccoli (because it's usually on sale), or green asparagus if it's in season, and then you might add a few little cherry tomatoes and a few carrots. Very rarely do we have the multitude of colours, and every different colour has specific nutrients inherent to it, whether it's the purple, the yellow, the orange, the green, or the white. As we know, there are certain foods that are white, like cauliflower. It doesn't matter. Each colour has specific nutrients that are inherent in that colour, that produce that colour. We need them all. The body needs everything in the rainbow of colours in order to create the energy that we experience when we eat these foods. This is why it is important to eat a colourful diet.
