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Healthy Foods: 20 Best Colourful Foods

  By Renita Tisha Pinto  posted Feb 26th 2013 at 5:58PM IN | Avg Rating
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Wondering about the easiest way to load your body with maximum nutrients to stay healthy and fit? The answer is simple: just play with colours and add as many colourful foods in your diet as possible. If your main is goal to stay strong and prevent various chronic diseases, then it’s time to stock up on different multicolored foods.

Why colour is better? Simply because these colouful foods contain an essential substance called as carotenoids which is really good for you. But be judicious as eating colourful foods do not mean chowing down a big colourful hamburger but instead adding natural and colourful foods to you diet like bell peppers. So, next time you go shopping, besides picking up the usual green leafy vegetables choose all colours of foods as each pigment provides numerous benefits. In case, you still aren’t sure as to why to add more colour to your diet, we give you solid reasons by listing down top 20 best colourful foods and its benefits.

  • Healthy Colourful Food # 1: Lemons
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 2: Green peas
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 3: Egg yolk
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 4: Black beans
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 5: Apples
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 6: Water
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 7: Avocados
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 8: Apricots
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 9: Almonds
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 10: Raspberries
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 11: Pomegranate
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 12: Corn
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 13: Broccoli
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 14: Flaxseeds
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 15: Pumpkin
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 16: Blue berries
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 17: Sweet potatoes
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 18: Carrots
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 19: Kiwi
  • Healthy Colourful Food # 20: Tomatoes

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