I was reading in the paper this week-end that there are four new food groups! Things are always changing!! They are not what you might think, but are grouped by COLOR! Scientist have determined that eating lots of fruits and vegetables in a wide variety of colors can have an extremely beneficial effect on your health. It is reccommended to eat 5-9 servings a day. Just getting 5 to me is hard and 9 seems impossible but I am going to make an increased effort in this regard.Here they are:

RED, strawberries, cranberries, raspberries, tomatoes, redgrapes, apples, red peppers, cherries, watermelon, red onions etc...

ORANGE-YELLOW: carrots, sweet potatoes, oranges, tangerines, corn, lemons, grapefruit, apricots, citrus juices, cantaloupe, pumpkins, acorn, butternut squash, peaches, mangoes, bananas, papaya, pineapple, nectarines, yellow onions etc...

GREEN: spinach, kale, collard greens, watercress, parsley, okra, romaine lettuce, broccoli, brussels sprouts, asparagus, artichokes, kiwi, peas, green beans, cucumbers, celery, leeks etc...

BLUE-PURPLE: concord grapes, purple grape juice, blueberries, blackberries, elderberries, figs, raisins, egg plant, purple cabbage, plums, prunes etc...

Well I like the red and blue stuff the best, the green is good for you but hardes for me!! Seems like with all these choices it shouldn't be too hard to get 5-9 servings. Good Health to everyone!

-- Melissa (cmnorris@1st.net), October 22, 2001

Answers

I guess what you could do is keep a rainbow in the fridge, and every day eat one of each color. That would give you six if you can separate orange/yellow and blue/purple. I have a hard time eating a lot of fruit, though. And veggies never were my thing, but I'm learning! "I eat my peas with honey...."

-- Cathy N. (keeper8@attcanada.ca), October 22, 2001.

Wow! All my favorite M&Ms fit into these categories! hehe

-- Jo (mamamia2kids@msn.com), October 22, 2001.

M&M's !!! That must be what they meant by the etc...

-- Melissa (me@home.net), October 22, 2001.

I have been faithfully ingesting M&Ms for years and years now..I always knew that they were really healthy for you!

-- lesley (martchas@bellsouth.net), October 22, 2001.

You forgot Cheetos in the orange food group. My wife will be very unhappy when I tell her.

Talk to you later.

-- Bob in WI (bjwick@hotmail.com), October 22, 2001.