Colorize your diet!

I have written before about how foods in our country tend to be over processed and devoid of many of the nutrients that they had when they were whole foods.

I am embarrassed to admit that I too was part of the medical culture that largely ignored the important role that nutrition, as well as exercise, plays in our health. I often told patients that "if they ate right" that supplementation was not needed.

Well, I truly believe that eating better is key, but in today's world it may not be possible for most people to get the nutrients they need without some sort of supplementation.

However we should all strive to eat better.

One way is to add foods from the following color groups of these fruits and vegetables:

RED

Tomato products, soups, sauces juices ( contain lycopenes)

RED/ PURPLE

Red Wine,pomegranate (see my previous post on this), grapes, berries, plums (contain the amazing anthocyanins, ellagitannins)

ORANGE

Carrots, Mango, apricot, sweet potato (sweet potatoes are amazing store houses of nutrients!) beta and alpha carotene

ORANGE /YELLOW

Citrus, Papaya, peaches (flavanoids)

YELLOW/GREEN

Spinach ,corn, avocado, green beens (lutein/xanthanin)

GREEN

Broccoli, Brussel spouts, cabbage, peas (indoles, glucosidocholates)

WHITE/GREEN

Garlic, onions, asparagus (allyl sulfites)

greatly moderate WHITE foods like potato,processed grains, breads

A well thought out once a day supplement is important if you are not getting 4-6 of these colors a day. It is inherently better for your body to get nutrients through natural whole foods.

I have chosen for my family a complete supplement. Of course it has all the vitamins and minerals, that's the basics. It not only has all natural, non synthetic, non animal ,sources but too many other beneficial nutrients to list that few if any other supplements put into one place, such as:

Probiotics to aid in digestion

An Herbal blend

An Energy Blend of Ginseng, Gotu kola and others

A Chlorophyll blend

An antioxidant blend

Deltasorb a blend of herbal like cayenne, and other herbs that increase absorption of nutrients in the small intestine

There may be equal daily supplements out there but certainly none better.

see more details at http://www.symmetrydirect.com/usa/products/nutrapack.htm

eat well, be well

Doc