In fact, in life, different foods appear in front of us in different forms, and sometimes we are attracted by their shapes, especially bright foods, you know? In fact, different colors of food actually have different health care effects. Let's take a closer look.

Red food-anti-cold

If you are naturally weak and vulnerable to cold virus, red food will help you. As for carrots, which are slightly lighter in color than peppers, the carotene contained in them can be converted into vitamin A in the body, which plays a role in protecting human epithelial tissues such as respiratory mucosa. Regular consumption can also enhance the body's ability to resist colds. Besides red peppers and carrots, amaranth, onion, red dates, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, hawthorn, apples, strawberries and old pumpkins also have this effect.

Purple food-anti-angiosclerosis

After nearly 20 years of painstaking research, Dr. David Sieber of the United States found that purple fruits and vegetables contain anthocyanins, which have a strong anti-hardening effect, thus preventing strokes caused by heart attacks and thrombosis. This kind of food includes black strawberries, cherries, eggplant, plums, purple grapes, black pepper and so on. If you have cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, you should always get close contact with purple food.

Yellow food-prevention of osteoporosis

Yellow foods, such as carrots, soybeans, peanuts and apricots, are rich in two vitamins: one is vitamin A; The other is vitamin D.

Vitamin A can protect gastrointestinal mucosa and prevent gastritis, gastric ulcer and other diseases. Vitamin D can promote the absorption of calcium and phosphorus, and has a certain preventive effect on common diseases such as rickets in children, myopia in adolescents and osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly people. Therefore, it is undoubtedly wise for these people to pay more attention to yellow food.

Green food-protecting the heart

Green fruits and vegetables are rich in folic acid, which has been proved to be one of the "panacea" to prevent fetal neural tube malformation. At the same time, a large amount of folic acid can effectively remove too much homocysteine in the blood and protect the heart. In addition, green vegetables are also the best source of calcium, enjoying the title of "life element", and their reserves are more than milk containing calcium and rich in minerals, so eating "green" is regarded by nutritionists as the best way to supplement calcium.

The above is like an introduction to different food colors. From the above introduction, we can see that different colors of raw food have different health care functions, so we should pay attention to the common sense of healthy eating in daily life to ensure the nutrition and health of our own food.