More Colors Of A Healthy Diet

A rainbow of foods creates a range of nutrients, each with a different bundle of potential benefits of a healthy diet.

Indrani Ghosh, chief dietician, Food and Nutrition, Columbia Asia Hospital - Salt Lake City, says that adding a splash of colorful seasonal foods makes the whole dining experience enjoyable.

To add the correct value of the nutrition label should use color as a guide to choosing a good diet.

The green color indicates the potential antioxidant and fiber, which reduces the risk of cancer and bowel movement regular.

Fruits: avocado, apple, grape, honey, kiwi and lime.

Vegetables: artichokes, asparagus, broccoli, green beans, peppers, cucumbers and green leafy vegetables like spinach.

Fruits, yellow, orange and deep and vegetables contain nutrients that promote a healthy view of immunity, and give you a radiant skin.

Fruits: apricots, cantaloupe, grapefruit, mango, papaya, peach and pineapple

Vegetables: carrots, yellow pepper, yellow corn and sweet potatoes

Purple and blue options have antioxidant and anti-aging and may help with memory, urinary tract health.

Fruits: blackberries, blueberries, prunes, raisins.

Vegetables: eggplant, purple cabbage, purple-flesh potatoes, beets, turnip greens.

Red indicates the products that can help maintain a healthy heart, vision, immunity and maintaining healthy hemoglobin levels.

Fruits: cherries, blueberries, pomegranate, red / pink, grape, red grapes and watermelon

Vegetables: red onion, red pepper, red potatoes, rhubarb, and tomato.

White, beige and brown foods contain nutrients that can promote heart health and reduce risk of cancer and vascular circulation.

Fruits: bananas, pears, brown, white peaches and dates.

Vegetables: cauliflower, mushrooms, onions, parsnips, white-fleshed potato, white corn

Ghosh, recommends that while grocery shopping, vegetables must be kept in mind certain things, you should choose the colors, while the choice of seasonal fruit and vegetables.

It 'used to select and add lots of fresh or dried fruit and vegetables that are available all year round.

Although no plant foods can be a trim color by adding salsa, mashed sweet potatoes, asparagus and spinach salad with orange slices on it.

Colorful meal is not only visually appealing, but it also contains some nutrients in it.

Ghosh also suggests specific steps women to choose the right colors for their children's diets.

Give children whole grains for breakfast, the children "white" whole wheat bread for sandwiches, crispy whole grain crackers for snacks and wholemeal chapatis for dinner.

Eating more fruits and vegetables at every meal. Enjoy a breakfast of whole fresh fruit, cereal, slices of melon or a glass of 100 percent of orange juice for lunch, baby carrots or apple slices for dinner, put on colorful vegetables in the center of each dish.

Most young people in India are not getting enough calcium or potassium. Fortunately, it is easy to consume three servings of dairy a day children and teenagers need.

Try an 8 ounce glass of low fat milk with breakfast, lunch and dinner, yogurt for breakfast or a snack after school or cheese for a snack on the go power.

Getting enough protein at every meal and snack to help children feel satisfied after eating. Start your day with eggs or beans. For snacks, give peanut butter or slices of lean meat.

Celebration of the nutrition week between September 1 and September 7, add the habits in their daily lives and make a healthy gourmet.