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Try a wide assortment each day to benefit from their various virtues. Focus on a variety of colours as each is especially rich in different types of nutrients. Scientists continue to research the many benefits of colourful vegetables fruit. Mak4e the most of these benefits by eating all your colours. The colours are signals to some of nutritious components in the vegetable or fruit.
Yellow, Orange & Red contains varying amounts of antioxidants such as vitamins C & carotenoids. Lycopene is a carotenoid found in red vegetable & fruit like tomatoes, it is especially high in processed tomato products like V8 vegetable cocktail, Prego pasta souce & Campbell's tomato soup.
Dark Green are rich in beneficial phytochemicals including lutein & indoles.
Blue & Purple contain antioxidants such as anthocyanins & phenolics.
White, tan & brown contain various phytochemicals, including allicin found in garlic & onions
It's the vitamins, minerals, energy & fiber in vegetables that help keep us healthy. here is a very general list of some of what hiding inside your favorite produce.
Vitamin A : Helps us with normal bone & tooth development.
Vitamin C : Promotes the development & maintenance of healthy bones, teeth & gums.
Folic Acid : Aids our bodies with the formation of red blood cells.
Vitamins E : Protects the fat in body tissues from oxidation
Calcium : Vital for bone development & maintenance
Iron : Helps with the creation of red blood cells.
Magnesium : Supports metabolism, tissue formation, & bone development
Sodium : It is an electrolyte -- a nutrient that plays a crucial role in the way water is distributed throughout the body.

Are you drinking the amount of water you should every day?
We all know that water is important but I've never seen it written down like this before. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated.
In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is often mistaken for hunger.
Even MILD dehydration will slow down one's metabolism as much as 3%. One glass of water shuts down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a U-Washington study. Lack of water is the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer