Red foods nourish the heart, blood and liver. Red attracts, excites, and uplifts. Red also stimulates the appetite. Nourish yourself and children with cherries, pomegranate, boysenberries, cranberries, raspberries, strawberries, grapes, tomatoes, beets, and red meat according to your blood type. Spice up moderately with chili, cayenne, red pepper, paprika, and radishes. Red foods are rich source of anthocyanins and other antioxidants, beta and mixed carotenoids, enzymes, flavanoids, iron, lycopene, manganese, phytonutrients, vitamin C, and zinc.
Pinks, corals, and peachy colors combine the benefits of red, orange, yellow, and white to soften their effects. They are colors of happiness. Pink alleviates anger, hostility, and aggressiveness. Stimulate and cleanse (detox) with water mellon, red grapefruit, persimmon, and other coral colored fruits. They also delight our mood.
Brown and natural cream colors are found in beans, nuts ((almonds, walnuts, macadamia, pecan), seeds (chia), mushrooms, seaweeds, dates, prunes, and raisin. Brown color combines red and green, blue and orange, or purple and yellow. These foods are good source of calcium, carotenoids, enzymes, essential oils and fatty acids, iodine, iron, magnesium, manganese, potassium, proteins, selenium, sodium, vitamins B and E complex, and zinc.
Orange foods combines the benefits of red and yellow. Orange symbolizes the sun and increases alertness and concentration. It also decreases feelings of depression. Natural sodium, found in orange and yellow foods, is good for the stomach, digestion, and joint mobility. The carotenoids in orange foods protect and nourish the skin, lungs, nasal, and mucus membrane linings. Orange foods include egg yolk, carrot, curries, orange pepper, pumpkin, sweet potato, turmeric, apricot, and persimmon. These foods are rich in carotenoids, enzymes, fiber, sodium, vitamin A and other antioxidants. The egg is also a rich source of a complete protein.
Yellow foods help eliminates toxins, promote liver, gall bladder, pancreas, and gut health, and nourish the skin To enhance digestion, gut health, joint mobility, the immune system, and mucus membrane linings. Yellow foods consist of the banana, lemon, grapefruit, peach, nectarine, papaya/ pawpaw, butternut squash, and yellow peppers. Yellow foods are rich in carotenoids, flavanoids, enzymes, fiber, potassium, vitamins A, C, and other antioxidants.
The fresh banana promotes beneficial gut microbiota. The fresh lemon is the only food that is purely anionic. All other foods are a mixture of cationic and anionic. When combined with water, the citric acid in fresh lemons produce a negatively charged ion which is alkalizing, energy producing, and very beneficial for the body. Include fresh lemon to your water and fresh lemon juice in a raw salad.
Green foods in their many shades of the earth’s vegetation, have a soothing influence upon the mind and body. They balance and harmonize. Green is neither relaxing nor astringent in its impact. However, green leafy vegetables and salad greens of all kinds can be used for any condition in need of cleansing and healing. They are highly beneficial for gut health and rebuilding good gut microbiome. Green foods include: artichoke, arugula/rocket, asparagus, broccoli, broccolini, chard (red and Swiss), collard greens, kale (a super food), mustard greens, pepitas/pumpkin seeds, Romaine, spinach, sprouts, zucchini, avocado. In addition they include a wide variety of herbs: astragalus, basil, lemon grass, mint, nettles, oregano, rosemary, sage, tarragon, thyme, etc. Green foods work well in combination with foods of other colors. Creating a colorful salad in your daily diet provides a wide variety of antioxidants, fiber, enzymes, minerals, phytonutrients, and vitamins.