Eat the rainbow !

Eat the rainbow ! 
Note: I don't consider" GMO food", food.
Healthy diet ( what you eat ) not a fad short term thing only to help you lose weight 
- Healthy diet ,( what you eat ) NOT a fad short term thing only to help you lose weight, is pretty simple really . It is NOT a matter of math ! NOT a matter of math ! If you have a deficiency or disorder that requires you to pay attention to consumption of a certain nutrient than yes, perhaps you need to do that to re-balance your body . But, if you don't , it is not about configuring the right calcium , fiber, vitamin c , A, magnesium , protein , aminos, omega 3's, 6's or CALORIES or any thing else of that nature .
I should perhaps repeat it !? It's a challenging one for many people to get out of their heads . I understand . There are constantly things approaching your eyes and ears telling you otherwise , If your head is facing that direction . The tv, magazines, the packages of food , people you conversate with . But, it is the truth . Consumeristic culture is trying to get you to detach from your instincts and buy their products . Think about it .
- I know some people like to think we aren't animals , we are something else. But, I ask, respectfully , do you think we are aliens then?
Scientifically we are categorized as mammals under animalia ( animal ) . No animal is likely to count calories or count grams of protein, calcium, vitamin A etc. We see a spectrum of colors right... Well, I propose ...
- A Healthy Diet for humans is plant based, whole and minimally processed - and, in a spectrum of colors .
It includes a variety of types of food - veggies, fruits, legumes/beans, grains etc. That isn't - only 2 types of fruit , two grains, one legume and 3 types of veggies all year . And eat some of each color often. Daily is super .
- Weekly is often more practical for people , is going to care for you , and has tremendous benefits .
- Keep it vegan , minimize or eliminate the highly processed stuff ( AKA leave out the garbage )and
- Every day if you like but, at least every week do your best to eat some foods that are yellow, some that are orange, red, etc. all the way through the spectrum . And make the dark greens the king ( that is eat more of them than any other color even if only slightly )
* Examples only of course there are numerous options :
white - Cauliflower , coconut, parsnips, white potatoes, white quinoa, white onions, daikon radishes ,navy beans ,
yellow - corn (watch out for GMO's),yellow squash( Watch out for GMOs), bananas, pineapples, banana peppers, and all yellow peppers , lemons
orange - oranges, carrots, acorn squash, pumpkin, mango, cantaloupe, nectarine
red/pink - strawberries, red bell peppers, tomatoes, cherries, raspberries, watermelon , cranberries
purples/blues - purple cabbage, purple peppers, red onion , black berries, blue berries, blue and purple potatoes, mulberries, eggplant
brown/black/ beige - black rice ,dates, nuts, cacao , mushrooms, black beans, pinto beans, cranberry beans , figs, sunflower seeds, hemp seeds ( don't avoid all black and eat beige always and think that cuts it )
green - lettuce, cabbage , green peppers, kiwi, cucumbers, celery ,honeydew melon , green beans ,peas, limes ,artichokes
dark green - kale, collard greens , broccoli, dandelion greens, beet greens , arugula , fresh basil in large amounts (such as in pesto)
P.S. Creating meals and shopping plans that are rainbows and eating the healthy nature provided visually appealing delicious rainbows Is a lot of fun and very rewarding !
Because , humans have decided to use public water systems and stop drinking from rivers and streams thus , have been processing , stripping and adding chemicals and nutrients to water for some years now , it seems we have a bit of stripping of the micro-nutrient b12 accessible to us in nature now . So, there are enough deficiencies in people , whole food plant based, vegan and not vegan alike that it calls for this note - Though nature and the Earth supplies what we need naturally without one animal or animals secretions ever entering our bodies or lab grown bacterium being created , this bacterium has been destroyed quite a bit by people so, vegan b12 vitamins, or supplemented vegan foods such as noosh (aka nutritional yeast .Seriously yummy !  ) or soy milks or others is a precaution a lot of us are taking .
I just love nutritional yeast so , I'm taking in plenty without considering it .