Nowadays, we eat less vegetables and fruits, which causes various problems, such as bowel movements, obesity, and non-communicable chronic diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and cancer. Eating a variety of vegetables and fruits in every meal will help the body receive a variety of nutrients, preventing the risk of these diseases. We believe that everyone has heard of 5-color vegetables and fruits, but may not know what they are.

Green

Let’s start with the first color, green, which is the color that comes from chlorophyll, which helps fight free radicals and also helps fight cancer. For example, green apples, guava, kiwi, and kale.

Orange/ yellow 

Beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, which helps nourish the eyes and vision, strengthens the immune system, and reduces the risk of heart and blood vessel disease. It is in pumpkins, carrots, oranges, papayas, sweet potatoes, passion fruit, and pineapples.

Red

Let’s continue with red fruits. The red color comes from lycopene and betacyanin, which also help fight free radicals and are also important in helping prevent cancer in various organs in the body. In addition, it also helps with skin and reduces acne, for example, tomatoes, UFABET, watermelon, strawberries, red apples, and pomegranates.

Purple guava

Contains anthocyanin, helps fight free radicals, inhibits and fights inflammation in the body, prevents cancer, reduces the risk of heart disease and blood vessels. Found in purple cabbage, eggplant, purple sweet potato, riceberry, grapes, white prunes.

White/light brown

This white fruit contains xanthones, a substance in the flavonoid group, which helps maintain blood sugar levels, blood fat, blood pressure, and also helps reduce inflammation. Fruits in this group include ginger, galangal, garlic, bananas, pears, etc.

It can be seen that phytochemicals are beneficial color substances and are in all types of vegetables. Most of them have antioxidant properties, reducing the risk of cancer and heart disease. In addition, there are also specific benefits of each color. Therefore, we should choose to eat a variety of vegetables and fruits in all 5 colors.