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Dr. Sanjay Gupta: eat 7 different colours each day!
May 31, 2009
One interesting thing that I have noticed a lot lately while watching CNN, it’s that Dr. Sanjay Gupta (CNN’s medical expert) has been recommending that viewers consider eating foods that have 7 different colours throughout the day (fruits and veggies to be precise).
I know that a number of CNN reporters have looked quite confused and perplexed every time Dr. Sanjay Gupta has made that suggestion. And you could see that they were trying to figure out in their heads how in the world anyone can eat 7 different colour fruits and vegetables per day.
Dr. Gupta has been quite adamant in mentioning as many times as he possibly can that he makes a point of eating foods that many different colours foods every single day to support better health. Now, if you are wondering how in the world you are supposed to eat 7 different coloured foods in one single day … I’m here to help!
In fact, I will prove to you that eating 7 different coloured fruits and vegetables in one day is as easy as child’s play. Eating that many different coloured foods in one day is really all about variety. The more you are willing to be adventurous with food, the easier it will for you to follow Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s rule of 7 different coloured foods per day.
5 steps to eating 7 different coloured foods per day:
1) Eat a fruit plate in the morning: I eat a fruit plate almost every single morning. My fruit plate usually consists of more or less the same fruits. I usually have 1 apple, 1 banana, 1 tangerine and a handful of grapes. When in season, I’ll add mangoes, pieces of pineapple or watermelon to my fruit plate. If you look at the list, you’ll see that before the CNN trading bell rings (the markets open at 9:30 am), I usually get at least 4 different coloured foods into my body.
2) Shake things up in the morning: When I’m not eating a fruit plate in the morning, I’m having a smoothie. I always put at least 2 fruits in my smoothies and will sometimes add a handful of wild blueberries. As you can see, if we only keep it to two fruits, that means I only need to find five other coloured fruits or vegetables to meet Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s rule.
3) Have a salad for lunch: I almost ALWAYS eat one salad at lunchtime. I exclusively eat mesclun mix leaves and I usually add a few vegetable such as red peppers, carrots, corn (I buy frozen corn), cooked mushrooms or cooked onions (I cannot digest raw onions). Once again, if you will look at the type of salad that I eat for lunch, then you can quickly see how I have just added 2 to 3 other coloured foods in my diet. Up to now, it’s been relatively easy for me to easily add six different coloured foods by lunchtime.
4) Choose fruits or vegetables for your snack: If you didn’t have fruits or vegetables for your breakfast or your lunch then you can always make up for it by choosing fruits or vegetables for your morning and afternoon snacks instead of choosing foods that are high in sugar, high in saturated fat, high in salt or bed containing lots of preservatives.
5) Start or end your dinner with a salad: Along with eating one salad at lunchtime I usually always end my dinner with a salad. Some people prefer to eat a salad at the beginning of a meal, I prefer to end my meals with a salad. My night time salads are usually as colourful as the salads I have a lunch. I usually take advantage of any leftovers that I have in the fridge … I usually always have grilled vegetables on hand that I don’t hesitate to add to my salads.
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June 5th, 2009 at 5:05
Love grapes and apple in the morning, nice tips. I sometimes have Jamba juice too! I have to try salad at the end of the meal instead, usually people server it at start so I get used to eating it first.
September 11th, 2009 at 21:54
Owww, I never thought colors is also included upon eating. Well I guess I can do that too. It looks tasty and yummy.