Photo Journalism using Night Cafe & Personal Photos for Healthy Lifestyles
The best color for your kitchen may surprise you because it is not the color on your walls, countertops, cabinets, tablecloths, napkins, or decor. The color I am referring to is edible ORANGE.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Let's be motivated to make 2025 a healthy New Year. Eating right from the start and choosing your fruits and vegetables can promote energy, less stress, vitamins, minerals, and improve your attitude. Spending money on a professional painter or paying a contractor to update your kitchen does nothing for your physical health. Living a healthy lifestyle increases your odds of enjoying a happy and healthy life. Growing your own food would be perfect if you had the space, knowledge, and know how. But if you can't and you go to the grocery stores or markets, here's something to think about.
The next time you go grocery shopping think ORANGE! Perhaps putting the color orange at the top of your list may help. While looking in the produce department or visiting your local Farmer's Market, you may want to consider orange fruits and vegetables including:
- Oranges
- Carrots
- Acorn Squash
- Butternut Squash
- Orange Peppers
- Orange Tomatoes
- Sweet Potatoes
- Pumpkin
- Papayas
- Tangerines
- Persimmons
- Saffron
- Turmeric
- Apricots
- Mangos,
- Kumquats
- Guavas
- Cantaloupes
- Nectarines
- Kabocha Squash
Fruits and vegetables with carotene may save your life. Check with your doctor or Nutritionist to find out what they suggest. After all, orange alone can't do it all for your body. Ask questions! Discover which vegetables are high in carotene (the yellow-orange pigment that gives them their orange color) that are made by plants, and even fungi, such as chanterelle mushrooms.
Ask and verify. How much carotenoids do you need to help protect you or your family from colds, flu, and infections to the lungs, kidneys, skin, digestive system and mucous membranes. Also, do you really need to depend on vitamins in a bottle? How trustworthy are vitamins in the expensive bottles, where do they come from, who manufactures them, and are they good for you? You may discover buying healthy fruits and vegetables is cheaper than depending on a random bottle of vitamins. The best way to maximize your health is knowing what's going into your body.
Why I love my Farmer's Market. Where I shop, at the small but adequate Farmer's Market, there is always someone to talk to. I know who to ask, and often times my shopping spree becomes a session in education and the people I get to know, like, and trust, make suggestions or they go to the back of the store to pick out the freshest produce that hasn't been put out yet. Knowing the Manager is very important. I have received many excellent recipes and ideas about preparing food I never thought about before. And the best part is, I don't have to pay for advice or suggestions, or schedule an appointment at the Farmer's Market. For example, tonight I plan to make orange rice. Personally, I don't get advice about healthy fruits and vegetables from traditional grocery stores. Yes! We are creatures of habits. Yes! We can change.
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