Making Love in the Kitchen

It’s Challenge week! Happy day 4 of the Healing with Superfoods challenge and let’s keep gearing up for those joining the Green Smoothie Cleanse on Friday, April 23rd. Here’s to ringing in Spring all cleansed, detoxed and energized!

Also, don’t forget to tune in tonight at 9:00pm EST where I’ll be chatting with you on LIVE TV! Answering all your questions about Superfood Healing and the upcoming Green Smoothie Cleanse. Fun!!! Join in tonight!

It’s no secret that I heart colour to bits. Remember this picture from my post on soap nuts?

When it comes to the diet, a rainbow does more than just look pretty as can be. Now, I think at this point it is pretty clear that I heart green the best- hence my awesome town Green Smoothie Cleanse coming up on Friday. Not only is green the colour of many of our everyday superfoods like leafy greens, but also the colour of the heart chakra. Hmmm imagine that. Eating more greens = feeling healthier  =feeling happier = oodles of love!  What if my newest love potion was actually one green smoothie a day. Seems to be working in my life! Just sayin’, don’t knock it ’till you try it.

I am, however, an equal colour eater. I like to give love to the full spectrum of the rainbow. As I wrote last year, here is a little reminder:

Green Foods – broccoli, kale, leaf and romaine lettuce, spinach, cabbage and Brussels sprouts.

• especially good for the circulatory system, contain many minerals and B-complex vitamins, contain powerful anti-cancer compounds.

Red Foods – tomatoes, watermelon, red cabbage.

• contain many phytochemicals that reduce free radical damage, lycopene is especially helpful in preventing prostate problems, and reduce the effects of sun damage on the skin.

Orange Foods – carrots, pumpkin, squash, sweet potatoes, apricots, cantaloupe.

• have the carotenoids that help prevent cancer by repairing the DNA, especially good for our eyes, and help with night vision, help our bodies get the vitamin A we need, without getting excess that can lead to osteoporosis.

Green/Yellow Foods – yellow corn, green peas, collard greens, avocado and honeydew melon.

• contains the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin that help reduce the risk of developing cataracts and macular degeneration, helpful in reducing the risk of osteoporosis.

Orange /Yellow Foods – oranges, pineapple, tangerines, peaches, papaya, nectarines

• high in antioxidants, especially Vitamin C which helps to improve the health of the mucus membranes and connective tissue, improve circulation and prevent inflammation.

White/Green Foods – onions, garlic, celery, pears, chives

• Garlic and onions contain allicin, the anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and anti-fungal phytochemical, and they can act as a poor man’s antibiotic, mineralsthat keeps the fluid in the joints healthy

Red/Blue/Purple Foods – apples, beets, blueberries, strawberries, cranberries, blackberries.

• rich in powerful antioxidants that protect against heart disease by improving circulation and preventing blood clots, anti-aging phytochemicals that keep the blood circulating

In your own diet, do you tend towards a certain colour of food? Have you noticed you eat more of a certain colour when you feel a certain way? Do you opt for purple cauliflower over white when both are up for offer? Green apples or red? White onions or red? Red peppers or orange? Purple cabbage or green? So many choices!

The 3rd 3 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse begins on Friday! Follow me on twitter, get your tutorial and let’s all play along!

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