Eat your colors for health

In an effort to encourage Americans to eat more fruits and vegetables, Fruits & Veggies - More Matters, a national public health project, is a fresh take on a familiar topic.

One way of getting a variety of fruits and vegetables into your diet is to eat your colors. The Eat Your Colors campaign promotes choosing fruits and vegetables in a variety of colors to maximize nutrition and avoid monotony.

By varying the color of the fruits and vegetables consumed each day, the body gets a wide variety of key nutrients. Different colors denote different minerals and vitamins in each variety.

For more on this issue, see the April 26 issue of the Navarre Press or subscribe online.