WHAT COLOR DO YOU EAT?

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  • Katrina_vw91
    Katrina_vw91 Posts: 232 Member
    According to this, I eat a rainbow.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    According to this, I eat a rainbow.

    Skittles ftw?
  • Morninglory81
    Morninglory81 Posts: 1,190 Member
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    This is evil and should never happen!
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
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    This is GENIUS and should happen!

    FIFY
  • Morninglory81
    Morninglory81 Posts: 1,190 Member
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    This is GENIUS and should happen!

    FIFY
    :angry:
  • bubblygoldfish
    bubblygoldfish Posts: 215 Member
    I have been doing this for years, but not for future disease cures. When I was growing up, my mom always made sure that I ate a rotating color scheme of fruits and vegitables, she said it was because different fruits and vegitables had different levels of necessary vitamins, minerals, and what not. IDK. My mom is very healthy for 56 years old, so I am going to follow her advice until a doctor tells me otherwise!
  • PetulantOne
    PetulantOne Posts: 2,131 Member
    What category is LSD in?

    I believe that covers the whole rainbow. Does it count if you're seeing it and not eating it?
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
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  • Jessie324
    Jessie324 Posts: 10
    I LOVE THIS! I always try to get the colors of the rainbow in but sometimes I have a hard time suceeding! However when i think about it, so far today I've eaten red, blue, orange, and soon green! Skittles had the right idea, just the wrong way! lol
  • ostrichagain
    ostrichagain Posts: 271 Member
    Phyto = plant.

    Phyto chemical = plant chemical. (which means essentially nothing)

    The colours are caused by pigments, which, when struck by photons, feed the electron transport chain of the plant to enter into the Calvin Cycle to start the process of turning H20 and CO2 into C6H12O6 (glucose). Pigments do not prevent cancer. What you might be thinking of are antioxidants which can help to reduce risk of cancer by providing oxygen to react with free radicals (lose H+) hanging around in your body, which will just as soon react with the chemicals that make up your muscles.

    Fruits are brightly coloured to attract heterotrophs in order to spread/germinate seeds.

    This is similar to saying, "My hair is brown, so it promotes muscle growth."

    OMG I'm crushing. You had me at Calvin Cycle.
  • vienna_h
    vienna_h Posts: 428 Member
    I choose my vegetables by colour... seriously, I like to see a good balance of colour on my plate! I like it when the colours compliment each other, I don't like having too much one-colour overlap.

    Pretty=delicious.
  • wannabpiper
    wannabpiper Posts: 402 Member
    Not sure if this is helping or further confusing the simple issue, but my daughter's pediatrician told us that kids will eat one food for days on end and only that one, i.e., this month it's garden peas for our little Pepper Ann. Last month it was avocados, and before that it was blueberries. In the end, they get what they need and move on. According to the doc, that's normal eating and adults would do the same thing if we weren't educated to eat a variety. Thought that was interesting.
  • wannabpiper
    wannabpiper Posts: 402 Member
    I choose my vegetables by colour... seriously, I like to see a good balance of colour on my plate! I like it when the colours compliment each other, I don't like having too much one-colour overlap.

    Pretty=delicious.

    Yup; it bothers me when my plate is all one color, i.e., white potatoes or rice, chicken, and corn. I was taught that my plate should contain a variety of color.
  • teagirlmedium
    teagirlmedium Posts: 679 Member
    I eat all the colors.
  • icimani
    icimani Posts: 1,454 Member
    Interesting! I've always heard you should eat a variety of colors but never knew why.

    I don't shop intentionally for different colors, but in thinking about it it just tend to happen since I'm eating better now.

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