The Color Food Guide for Fruits and Vegetables

July 20, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Nutrition

Georgina Cundall asked:




Eating fruits and vegetables is one of the best ways to maintain good health. Fruits and vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet. They contain vitamins, phytochemicals, and minerals that can protect your body from diseases like diabetes, cancers, and heart diseases. Ideally, you should consume five kinds of vegetables and two kinds of fruits each day.

Some people claim that some of the benefits of certain foods may be indicated by their color. I have not researched this for proof, so I just include this information as a theory and no more than that.

(a) Red colored Fruits and Vegetables

Red colored fruits and vegetables are claimed to be good for your heart.

Some of these fruits and vegetables contain lycopene and anthocyanins which some people claim may have anti-aging and cancer protecting properties.

Red-colored fruits and vegetables are also promoted by some people as having properties that may improve your memory and help to some extent with the incidence and effects of urinary tract infections.

Red-colored fruits include cranberries, cherries, red grapes, raspberries, red pears, watermelon, pomegranates, strawberries, pink or red grapefruit, and beets.

Red-colored vegetables include red peppers, tomatoes, red radishes, radicchio, red leaf salad, fresh rhubarb, red-skinned potatoes and red onions.



(b) Green colored Fruits and Vegetables

Green colored vegetables and fruits may aid in easy digestion and allow for better absorption of vitamins and nutrients.

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These fruits and vegetables are rich in lutein and indoles, which some people say make them great antioxidants. They contain vitamins that may help to build your bones and maintain the quality of your eyesight.

Green colored fruits include green grapes, green apples, honeydew melons, kiwifruit, green limes, green pears, and artichokes.

Green colored vegetables include broccoli, Chinese cabbage, green beans, celery, brussel sprouts, green cabbage and asparagus.


(c) Yellow colored Fruits and Vegetables

Yellow or orange-colored fruits and vegetables are claimed by some to be rich in vitamin C which may improve your body’s immune system, lower the risk of some cancers, safeguard your vision and help with some of the effects of natural aging problems. Some of these fruits and vegetables contain antioxidants, bioflavonoids, phytochemicals and carotenoids.

Yellow colored fruits include yellow apples, cantaloupe, yellow figs, tangerines, grapefruit, cape gooseberries, lemons, oranges, mangos, nectarines, papayas, yellow watermelon, pineapples, pears, apricots, golden kiwifruit and peaches.

Yellow colored vegetables include carrots, yellow peppers, yellow beets, pumpkin, yellow-skinned potatoes, butternut squash and persimmons.



(d) Purple or Blue-colored Fruits and Vegetables

Purple-colored vegetables are claimed by some to be very rich in antioxidants and contain large amounts of phytochemicals like

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phenolics and anthocyanins. These vitamins claimed by some to be help reduce cancer risks, improve your memory and keep your skin looking young and healthy for longer.

Purple-colored fruits include elderberries, purple figs, purple grapes, dried plums, raisins, and Quetch plums.

Purple-colored vegetables include purple asparagus, purple cabbage, eggplant, and purple carrots.



(e) White colored Fruits and Vegetables

White colored fruits and vegetables claimed by some to reduce cholesterol levels and prove beneficial for your heart.

White colored fruits include white peaches, bananas and white nectarines.

White colored vegetables include ginger, garlic, mushrooms, cauliflower, Jerusalem artichokes, and onions.

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Vegetable Expoter, Supplier India | Exporting and Importing Vegetables

June 27, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Sales

Ranjith asked:


There are a lot of vegetable exporters and also they had given a great hand to the Indian exporting system. Vegetable exporting is one of the most important crops for the developing country like India. Vegetable exporters in India are concentrating mainly in the vegetable such as onion, carrot, French beans, potato, lemon, tapioca, tomato, etc…

In these vegetables onion stands first in exporting because onion cultivation is large in amount moreover India is the world’s largest country in exporting onions to all over the world. Because of these reasons all leading vegetable exporters give more attention in the onion. Among all vegetables onion needs low capital during the time of cultivation. So it makes larger profit to the vegetable exporters. There is a variety of onion for export. Red onions rose onions, podisu onions are the main category.

Another important crop for vegetable exporting is carrot. Vegetable suppler gives more attention for fresh carrots. A different variety of carrots are available in the Indian market and they are exported to the international market in reasonable rate. Most of the people from the entire world depends upon the Indian market for good quality stuff so the vegetable supplier in India looking care about the quality of the vegetable. French bean is another exporting vegetable; from the Indian market people can get good quality fresh green beans. This is highly nutritious and makes the man healthy.

Tapioca is another exporting vegetable. A large quantity of high quality tapioca is exporting from the Indian market. Tapioca is cultivated in large scale in India that is nearly 3 lakhs hectares. The vegetable exporter or vegetable supplier India exports normal tapioca and frozen skin-peeled Tapioca to the people.

In Indian market we can see a large variety of tomato and they are tasty also have high nutritious value. Capsicum is another exporting vegetable from India. The vegetable suppliers supply different varieties of capsicums like in different colors that are in red, yellow, and green. They supply capsicum to several countries in several continents.

One of the export vegetable in India is Chilly. There are a collection of different chilly can find in the Indian market. These different types of chilly are exported by the vegetable suppliers to all over the world.

Hence the vegetable products are leading Indian economy a lot. The vegetable suppliers are giving more attention to the high quality stuff and good packing of vegetables.

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