Eat a variety of colors! Eat your way through a rainbow of
fruits and vegetables every day; not only will it help keep you
thin for life, since they are lower in calories, but these foods
are chock full of antioxidants to keep you healthy and youthful.
Red foods are full of lycopene, which reduce risk of several
types of cancers. Foods in this group include: Red apples,
beets, red cabbage, cherries, cranberries, pink grapefruit, red
grapes, red peppers, pomegranates, radishes, raspberries,
strawberries, tomatoes and watermelon. These carotenoid-rich
foods help reduce risk of cancer, heart disease, and improve
immune system function; people who eat these types of foods are
less likely to have eye disorders and blindness associated with
age. Foods in this group include: Yellow apples, apricots,
butternut squash, cantaloupe, carrots, grapefruit, lemons,
mangoes, nectarines, oranges, papayas, peaches, pears, yellow
peppers, persimmons, pineapple, pumpkin, rutabagas, yellow
summer or winter squash, sweet corn, swe