Tips from The Cancer Project
The Nutrition Rainbow
One simple way to eat more healthfully is to add more color to
your plate. Did you know that the more naturally colorful your
meal is, the more likely it is to have an abundance of carotenoids,
as well as other healthy nutrients? Carotenoids are the pigments
that give fruits and vegetables, such as carrots, sweet potatoes,
and tomatoes, their bright colors. Beta-carotene, lycopene, and
lutein are all different varieties of carotenoids that act as antioxidants
with strong anti-cancer properties. The chart below shows the cancer-fighting
and immune-boosting power of different-hued foods.
The Rainbow Chart is excerpted from Healthy Eating for Life
to Prevent and Treat Cancer by PCRM with Vesanto Melina,
M.S., R.D.
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