Products are divided into color groups.
Representatives of the red groups - such as watermelon, tomatoes, pink grapefruit - are sources of powerful antioxidants such as carotenoids and lycopene. They oppose free radicals.
From the harmful effects of free radicals and rescue orange fruit - especially pumpkins, melons, carrots, apricots, mangoes and sweet potatoes. They all contain alpha- and beta-carotenes
Red and purple foods - is, first of all, red apples, grapes, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, cranberries, plums, beets and eggplant, and red wine. They contain another kind antioksidantov- anthocyanins which regulate oxidation processes in the body and supports the work capillaries.
To the orange-yellow group includes nectarines, papaya, tangerines, oranges and pineapples. These fruits have a beta-cryptoxanthin - another antioxidant responsible for cell interaction.
The most useful yellow-green fruit - melon, avocado, corn and spinach. They have a lot of zeaxanthin, lutein and carotenoids.
White-green "helpers" - pear, celery, onion, garlic, and even white wine. Onions and garlic kill germs because they contain allicin. The other products in this group there are many kaempferol, quercetin and flavonoids.
By green group includes kale, Brussels sprouts and broccoli. They are rich in indole, isocyanate and sulforaphane.
Eat 5 - 10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day is not obtained at all. However, we must try to get the fruits of different colors in the diet was as much as possible. Vitamins from plant foods speed up metabolism, metabolism is faster, more energy is wasted - it all helps to get rid of superfluous kilograms.
Cereal with fruit for breakfast and colorful salad for lunch - so you can start to "go" in the diet. Catching preparing food at home, you can, for example, in the afternoon for the first course use the "yellow band", for the second - fruits and vegetables green, and the third - red fruit.