4 New Food Groups!!!
Can U name the 4 new food groups? Not bread, dairy, meat and blah stuff like that. The New groups are Red, Orange – Yellow, Green, and Blue – Purple, according it Tufts University professor James Joseph, Ph.D., the scientist who discovered that blueberries make aging mice smarter: The work of Joseph and others has turned eating colorful foods into a hot new diet trend. Admittedly, it’s a scientific gimmick to entice you to eat fruits and Vegetables. Still, it’s the smartest new eating idea around, illustrating the amazing power of color to dictate health choices. The more brilliant and intense a food’s pigment, the greater the food’s disease – fighting properties. The idea is backed up by evidence detailed in two new books: What color Is your Diet? The 7 Colors of Health, by David Herber, M.D., of the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition. |
Bad News on our Favorite Vegetable, the white Potato: Each day, Americans eat an Average of one serving of white potatoes; 3/4th of a serving of citrus, berries or melon; ˝ a serving of tomatoes; & only 1/5th of a serving of deep – green Vegetables. We eat 5 times more white than green. For our health, we need to turn those portions around. |
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It is smart to choose colorful foods. Extensive research shows that eating Fruits and Vegetables helps protect against cancer, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, asthma, diabetes, cataracts, inflammatory disease and pulmonary troubles. The main reason: Pigments in Fruits and Vegetables contain phytochemicals, including antioxidants, that acts as cancer inhibitors, cholesterol regulators, anti – inflammatories and brain – cell protectors. Each Fruit and Vegetable is a unique package, so you need to eat a variety to get the
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Each fruit and Vegetable is a unique package, so you need to eat a variety to get the broadest spectrum of protection. For example, eat a grapes and blueberries to get purple. “Anthocyanins,” & tomatoes, & corn to get Red & Yellow “Caroteniods.” Different antioxidants protect different organs.
How to get the most
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Source of reference: Daily News, Earl Mindell, R. Ph., and Ph.D. New Herb Bible, By Jean Carper
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