Petronella

If your New Year’s resolution for 2018 is to improve your health, you might start by adding a little more color to your diet. Bright red fruits and vegetables like pink grapefruit, watermelon, tomatoes and red cabbage contain lycopene, which can decrease your chances of getting certain kinds of cancer. Purple foods like blueberries, blackberries, eggplant and concord grapes provide anthrocyanins, which improve cognitive function and help to keep your liver healthy. Some orange foods – like sweet potatoes and carrots – have vitamin A which plays a vital role in bone growth and immune support. Others like nectarines and oranges, have vitamin C to help with tissue repair and iron absorption. Deep green vegetables, like spinach, broccoli and kale, contain lutein for your eyes and skin and folate to lower your risk of birth defects and depression. Your choices – even the small ones – can make a big difference. This year, choose to eat a rainbow.