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Eating The Rainbow: The Importance of Colorful Foods

Tomatoes, watermelon, cherries, and strawberries are rich in lycopene which helps to destroy cancer-causing free radicals in the body.

Carrots, mangoes, sweet potatoes, bell peppers, bananas, and winter squash, are rich in beta crytopthanxin which plays an important role in how cells work together and may help prevent heart disease.

Dark green, leafy vegetables, like spinach, kale, mustard greens, broccoli, and collards are rich in isocyanate, indoles, and sulforaphane that can help fight against cancer.

Grapes, plums, blueberries, potatoes, cabbage, and eggplant which are rich in anthocyanin which help prevent blood clots and cellular aging.

Mushrooms, onions, cauliflower, and radishes are rich in the phytonutrient quercetin and kaempferol. These are a type of antioxidant, that help prevent free radicals in the body.