Taste the rainbow

This month some of our members have created a challenge to eat 28 different vegetables in the 28 days of February. In light of this challenge, we’re going to spend a bit of time talking about why and how we should focus on incorporating more vegetables into our daily intake.

When we talk about food, color generally means healthy (as long as it's not color out of a box..), color also means it's packed with good stuff... and we all could use a bit more good stuff....

Color means vitamins, minerals, and phytonutrients (more on this later), water and fiber.  Sometimes color can even a give us a little bit of healthy fat and protein as well!

Put in the most simple way, colorful fruits and vegetables will add significant value to your body and that's why we are going to spend some focused time talking about them this month! 

If you're new to eating plants in any color other than white (i.e. potatoes and wheat) we’re simply going to spend some time “tasting the rainbow” by mixing it up and trying out new (colorful) vegetables and fruit.

If you are already a proficient at eating a wide variety of colorful fruits and vegetables, then we’re going to encourage you to dive a bit deeper into the habit by improving your your consistency, increasing your servings, trying out new vegetables and cooking methods, getting more dark leafy greens, or trying to start eating with the seasons.

More to come next week!