{"id":11746,"date":"2021-11-22T00:09:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T05:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.phytonutriment.ca\/bright-colors-of-fruits-and-vegetables-as-well-as-their-medicinal-roles\/"},"modified":"2021-11-22T00:09:19","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T05:09:19","slug":"bright-colors-of-fruits-and-vegetables-as-well-as-their-medicinal-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phytonutriment.ca\/fr\/bright-colors-of-fruits-and-vegetables-as-well-as-their-medicinal-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Bright colors of fruits and vegetables as well as their medicinal roles."},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A healthy trick is to vary the color of your plates<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The pigments that give fruits and vegetables their vibrant colors are full of health-promoting compounds: vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients and antioxidant compounds.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>red<\/li>\n<li>yellow-orange<\/li>\n<li>blue-violet<\/li>\n<li>green<\/li>\n<li>White<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table style=\"height: 792px;\" width=\"912\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\"><strong>Color group<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"131\"><strong>Examples of<\/strong> <strong>beneficial compounds<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"132\"><strong>Benefits<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" width=\"132\"><strong>Examples of sources<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\">Red<\/td>\n<td>Anthocyanins, beta-carotene and lycopene<\/td>\n<td>Lycopene is said to have protective effects against prostate cancer<\/td>\n<td>Tomato, papaya, pink grapefruit, watermelon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\">Yellow<\/p>\n<p>orange<\/td>\n<td>Carotenoids like beta-carotene<\/td>\n<td>Important role for vision, skin health and immune system<\/td>\n<td>Carrot, sweet potato, pumpkin and winter squash<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\">Blue-violet<\/td>\n<td>Anthocyanins<\/td>\n<td>Strong antioxidant activity associated with the prevention of aging, cardiovascular disease and certain cancers<\/td>\n<td>Blueberries, blackberries, eggplants and purple pepper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\">Green<\/td>\n<td>Clorophyll, carotenoids such as lutein<\/td>\n<td>Lutein may reduce the risk of cataracts and age-related macular degeneration<\/td>\n<td>Spinach, asparagus, broccoli, peas and watercress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"131\">White<\/td>\n<td>Potassium, allicin<\/td>\n<td>Potassium regulates heart rate and blood pressure<\/td>\n<td>Banana, garlic, onions, potatoes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A healthy trick is to vary the color of your plates The pigments that give fruits and vegetables their vibrant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[832,812],"tags":[835,844,846,848],"class_list":["post-11746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phytonutrients","category-phytonutriments","tag-feeding","tag-health","tag-medicinal-intake","tag-phytonutrients"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytonutriment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytonutriment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytonutriment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytonutriment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/50"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytonutriment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytonutriment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.phytonutriment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytonutriment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.phytonutriment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}