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Eat the Rainbow: Nutritional Benefits

The document discusses the importance of eating a variety of colored fruits and vegetables, also known as "eating the rainbow". It recommends including at least five different colors on your plate at each meal for optimal nutrition. Each color provides unique health benefits, for example reds contain lycopene which is heart healthy, greens contain carotenoids which protect against cancer, and oranges contain beta-carotene for eye and skin health. Tracking the colors eaten can help children learn about nutrition in a fun way through an activity of placing stickers on a chart for each meal with five colors.

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Eat the Rainbow: Nutritional Benefits

The document discusses the importance of eating a variety of colored fruits and vegetables, also known as "eating the rainbow". It recommends including at least five different colors on your plate at each meal for optimal nutrition. Each color provides unique health benefits, for example reds contain lycopene which is heart healthy, greens contain carotenoids which protect against cancer, and oranges contain beta-carotene for eye and skin health. Tracking the colors eaten can help children learn about nutrition in a fun way through an activity of placing stickers on a chart for each meal with five colors.

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MEDICAL NEEDS OF
OUR STUDENTS AND
STAFF MEMBERS.
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WHAT DOES IT
COLORS AND WHAT
MEAN TO EAT THE
THEY DO FOR MY
RAINBOW?
BODY!
Eating a variety of colored foods
in each meal. It is Blue: phytochemicals that
recommended to have at least boost immunity
five different colors on your Red: lycopene that is heart
plate. healthy
Yellow: Bio-flavanoid that
WHY IS EATING THE helps absorption of vitamin A
and C and potassium that is
RAINBOW great for your skin
IMPORTANT? Green: Carotenoids, indoles
and saponins that help protect
Colors in foods often indicate the against cancer and are a rich
presence of different micro and source of minerals ACTIVITY:
macronutrients. When you have Orange: Betacarotene for eye Have your little one's place a sticker
a colorful plate you and skin health or color in a box for each day they
are incorporating a variety of
nutrients into your diet with a
Violet: Anthocyanins that are eat a meal with 5 different colors! 
rich in antioxidants and have
simple and fun indicator, color!
anti-inflammatory properties

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