The Alkaline Diet: Eat the Rainbow by LIFE Water Ionizers

The Alkaline Diet: Eat the Rainbow!

The Alkaline Diet: Eat the Rainbow by Life Water Ionizers

Food, not Skittles. Eating the Rainbow refers to including all different colors of fruits and vegetables in your diet. Besides adding color to your meals, eating all colors fruits of vegetables has a health benefit: Each color represents a different group of nutrients. By eating all colors of fruits and vegetables, you will get the health benefits of a more nutritionally complete diet. This article is the first in a series on eating the rainbow that will appear on the Life Ionizers blog this month. Below is a handy guide to the nutritional benefits of fruits and vegetables based on color.

The Alkaline Diet: Eat the Rainbow!
Alkaline Diet: A rainbow of colors means a rainbow of nutriton

An important note for arthritis and fibromyalgia sufferers

Regardless of what color they are, you should not eat Nightshade vegetables. Nightshades trigger the pain and inflammation of arthritis and the flare-ups of fibromyalgia. Stop eating nightshades, and you will likely feel significant relief from your pain in about 2 – 3 days.

Nightshade vegetables are:

  • Tomato
  • Potato
  • Eggplant
  • Peppers (except black pepper)

The Amazing Antioxidant Power of Purple Foods

Fight aging: The color purple in foods comes from a pigment called anthocyanin, a protective antioxidant. Put purple foods on your plate to help break the spell of aging. There are other antioxidants, like resveratrol, that can be found in purple foods as well. The benefits are many, discover all the benefits of eating purple food in this article.

Purple foods are also high in Vitamins C and K. Vitamin K is potassium, so eating a diet rich in purple foods can help you offset the sodium in your diet. Our bodies use potassium to balance sodium levels.

The blue foods: Yes! Blue is a natural color in food

There aren’t that many blue foods, but like purple foods, blue foods are rich in anthocyanin. Blueberries and blue corn are the most common blue foods. Other blue foods, cornflowers, borage, butterfly blue pea, are not common. All three are flowers, and are usually used as a decorative garnish.

Green foods. Your grandmother was right

Green foods include vegetables and all superfoods, like spirulina and wheat grass. Superfoods are packed with vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and other beneficial nutrients. Green fruits vegetables are rich in a wide range of vitamins and minerals, so they should take up a substantial portion of your meal.

Looking good with yellow foods

Your eyes and skin benefit when you eat yellow foods, because they contain carotenoids which are good for vision and healthy skin, and may even help prevent some cancers. Yellow foods include mostly fruits like bananas, but also some vegetables such as corn and yellow peppers.

Orange, not just for Vitamin C

Oranges are the best known orange food, and it’s well known that oranges and other citrus fruits are a great source of Vitamin C. Other orange foods, specifically vegetables like carrots, pumpkin, and sweet potatoes contain beta carotene, which in foods (but NOT supplements!) has been shown to reduce your risk of heart disease and some cancers. Supplements with beta carotene haven’t shown any of those benefits, and may actually make a smokers’ chances of getting cancer worse!

Did you know? Alkaline water from a water ionizer triples the antioxidant benefit of Vitamin C!

An apple a day keeps the doctor away – Red foods

We’ve all heard it, but did you know there is actual science to back it up? It’s true! Red foods like strawberries, cherries, raspberries, watermelon, and tomatoes. The reason? Many red food contain antioxidants such as lycopene and anthocyanins. These antioxidant wonders are believed to fight everything from heart disease to macular degeneration to prostate cancer.

Antioxidants: Made better with alkaline water. Call us at 844 506-3210 for a free no obligation consultation. Alkaline water can help.

Post a comment

Leave the first comment

Check your rate in seconds
without leaving our site

Check your rate in seconds
without leaving our site

*Required field

Water Type
What system are you interested in?

Select Your Drinking Water Source To Get Started

Get A Free
Water Quality Report

*Required field

Water Type
What system are you interested in?

Get A Free Water Quality Report

Get A Free
Water Quality Report

Life Ionizers will give you a FREE personalized Water Quality Report ($100 value) to identify any harmful contaminants in your local water supply. These results will be available via email with a Free follow-up consultation with one of our experts.

*Required field

By clicking the button below, you agree to our Data & Privacy Policy

Save $500 on MXL Models 9-15 / Valid Until October 6