What color of food is right for you?
Each color of food has its own unique strengths, and with clever use, each has certain health benefits. Want to know what kind of food is right for you? The answer is right below!
Red Foods - Energizing + Iron-Boosting
If you are naturally weak in constitution, easily bullied by cold viruses, or have already been caught by a cold, red foods will give you a helping hand. They are naturally endowed with the function of enhancing the vitality of macrophages, one of the body's health guardians. Macrophages are "killers" of pathogenic microorganisms such as cold viruses. When their vitality is enhanced, cold viruses naturally find it difficult to take root in the human body, let alone grow and multiply.
As for carrots, which are slightly lighter in color than chili peppers, the carotene they contain can be converted into vitamin A in the body, playing a role in protecting the body's epithelial tissues, such as the respiratory mucosa. Regular consumption can also enhance the body's ability to resist colds. In addition to red chili peppers and carrots, amaranth, onions, red dates, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, hawthorn, apples, strawberries, old pumpkin, red rice, etc., also have this function.
Purple Foods - Pleasing to the Eye + Longevity
After nearly 20 years of dedicated research, Dr. David Saper of the United States discovered that purple fruits and vegetables contain anthocyanins, which have a powerful magical effect of preventing vascular hardening, thereby preventing heart attacks and strokes caused by blood clots. These foods include black strawberries, cherries, eggplant, plums, purple grapes, black pepper, etc. If you suffer from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, frequent "close contact" with purple foods will be of great benefit.
Yellow Foods - A Natural Source of Vitamin C
The advantage of yellow fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, soybeans, peanuts, apricots, etc., lies in their richness in two vitamins: one is A; the other is D.
Vitamin A can protect the gastrointestinal mucosa and prevent diseases such as gastritis and gastric ulcers. Vitamin D also promotes the absorption of two mineral elements, calcium and phosphorus, thereby strengthening bones and muscles. It has a certain preventive effect on common diseases such as rickets in children, myopia in adolescents, and osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly people. Therefore, it is undoubtedly a wise choice for these groups to focus a little more on yellow foods.
Green Foods - The Natural "Scavenger" for the Gut
If you are a lady "pregnant with a child" and want to have a healthy and intelligent child, you must be close to green fruits and vegetables.
Because green fruits and vegetables are rich in folic acid, which has been confirmed by eugenicists in the UK and US as one of the "magic medicines" to prevent fetal neural tube defects (such as anencephaly, spina bifida, etc.). At the same time, a large amount of folic acid is also the "nemesis" of homocysteine, a new killer of the heart. It can effectively remove excess homocysteine from the blood, thus playing a role in protecting the heart. In addition, green vegetables are also the best source of calcium, known as the "element of life." The amount of calcium stored in them is even more than that in milk, which is generally considered a "rich mine" of calcium. Therefore, eating "green" is regarded by nutritionists as the best way to supplement calcium.
Black Foods - Foods that Benefit the Spleen and Liver
Black foods such as seaweed, black rice, and silkie chicken are popular on Japanese tables, setting off a "black food fever" in the East. The reason for this is that these foods have the following advantages: first, they come from nature and contain very few harmful components; second, they have complete, high-quality, and abundant nutrients; third, they can significantly reduce the incidence of serious diseases such as arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, and stroke. In addition, each has its own unique disease-preventing abilities, such as black fungus preventing urinary tract stones, and silkie chicken regulating women's menstruation.
You must not neglect them.
White Foods - A Rich Source of Protein and Calcium
Although they rank last in overall nutritional value, the "last place elimination system" does not apply to them because they have their own unique strengths, such as winter melon, sweet melon, bamboo shoots, cauliflower, lettuce, etc. These foods give people a sense of being pure, white, and fresh. Regular consumption has a certain effect on regulating vision and calming emotions. They are also very beneficial for patients with hypertension and heart disease. When the great flood came, besides the male and female pairs of birds and beasts in the ark, there were more plant seeds. It was these colorful and delicious foods that pleased the eye and brought about health!