This padlet is a "notebook" of sorts for research that I am doing. I am researching different natural foods and their health benefits; things like vitamin properties and other things that can be beneficial to humans health wise. 

I'm personally doing this research because I want to actually know what all of the different foods have in store so that I can have a diverse diet that includes everything I need. As well as this, a lot of products sold in The United States are pumped full with additives, food dyes, and other things that keep us unhealthy. Even the "healthy" foods that most places sell aren't actually healthy and are usually genetically modified and lacking in vitamins or pumped full with preservatives to make it last longer, but in turn makes it unhealthier, especially if you are buying from large cooperations. 

So in conclusion, I am doing this research to try to better my life, my health, and my diet, because fun fact: What you eat can actually be linked to issues such as anxiety, depression, dementia, and other things, not just heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, though those are very commonly attached to how you eat as well. 

First thing's first, the color of a fruit, vegetable, or even meat, has meaning. It means that it has specific properties/chemicals that can do different things. These properties/chemicals are called Phytonutrients. Such Phytonutrients and the colors they are found in will be listed below.

Can be found in:

• Kale

• Collard Greens

• Cucumber

• Zucchini

• Peas

• Avacado

• Asparagus

• Green Beans

Chlorophyll: Detoxifying; helps build red blood cells and collagen; boosts energy and well-being.

Can be found in:

• All Leafy Green Vegetables

• Sprouted Grasses

• Microalgae

Indoles: Has Anti-Cancer properties and supports Hormone Balance

Can be found in:

• Brussel Sprouts

• Broccoli

• Bok Choy

• Cabbage

• Turnips

Can be found in:

• Peppers

• Squashes

• Carrots

• Apricots

• Mangoes

• Oranges

• Grapefruit

Xanthophylls: Source of vitamin A: has anti-cancer properties, protects eyes and brain, and strengthens the immune system.

Can be found in:

• Salmon and other Red Fish

• Eggs

• Most Yellow & Orange Fruits and Vegetables

Can be found in:

• Tomatoes

• Watermelon

• Goji Berries

• Papaya

• Rosehips

Anthocyanins: Can help reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases.

Can be found in:

• Cranberries

• Strawberries

• Raspberries

• Cherries

• Red Cabbage

Can be found in:

• Blueberries

• Eggplant

• Grapes and grape products such as grape juice, raisins, and red wine

Resveratrol: Has anti-cancer properties and helps balance hormone levels.

Can be found in:

• Grape Products

• Mulberries

• Cocoa

Can be found in:

• Onions

• Garlic

• Scallions

• Chives

Anthoxanthins: Helps lower cholesterol and blood pressure, helps reduce the risk of certain cancers and heart disease.

Can be found in:

• Bananas

• Cauliflower

• Mushrooms

• Onions

• Parsnips

• Potatoes

• Garlic

• Ginger

• Turnips

This section will go over what every specific fruit, vegetable, and herb is beneficial for.

• Good for blood sugar regulation, constipation and diarrhea, protecting bones, and reducing cholesterol.

• Advice: Eat the whole fruit, go organic and local, and keep the skin on.

• Good for eye and skin health, digestive health, and anti-cancer effects.

• Advice: Eat fresh or dried, the kernels are edible, and oil made from the kernels is great for cooking.

• Good for weight management, skin health, diuretic, and has anti-cancer properties.

• Advice: Eat them in season and preserve them for when they aren't in season.

• Good for allergy relief, constipation, nervous exhaustion, and rehumanic conditions.

• Advice: Keep the skin on, ripen at home, eat them dry, or juice them.

• Good for protecting eyesight, constipation, metabolic stimulation, and detoxing.

• Advice: Eat plums dried and keep the skin on.

• Good for healthy skin, healthy digestion, heart disease, and immunity.

• Advice: Eat them raw and eat both color varieties.

• Good for blood pressure, bone health, digestion, and constipation.

• Advice: Can be eaten as they are or you could put them in your cereal.

• Good for soothing the stomach, anti-cancer, fighting free radicals, and heart health.

• Advice: Buy in season, mix with water

• Good for good sleep, diabetes {they are anti-diabetic}, and arthritic conditions.

• Advice: Choose fresh and in season, and pick sour cherry varieties over sweet ones.

• Good for anti-cancer, cardiovascular health, detox and water balance, and steadying blood sugar levels.

• Advice: Choose varieties with seeds and eat them dry as well.

• Good for gut health, skin health, heart health, and anti-cancer.

• Advice: Eat fresh and eat the leaves as well.

• Good for heart health, brain food, better night vision, UTI's, boosting immunity, and as a tonic.

• Advice: Add sugar, use the leaves, and use the oil made from the seeds.

• Good for prostate health, improving memory, healthy gut, supporting vision, and UTI's.

• Advice: Buy them organic and eat the leaves too.

• Good for UTI's, teeth protection, toning and astringent, digestion, and heart health.

• Advice: Drink the juice and eat dried.

• Good for strengthening immunity and detoxing.

• Advice: Preserve the fruits and eat the flowers.

• Good for muscle health, metabolic support, neurological support, vision, and boosting antioxidants.

• Advice: Drink the juice and eat dried.

This section will group up the different foods based on what specifically they help. The same foods can and will be found in different groups if they have properties that help in that certain category.

• Good for being used as a strengthening tonic, eye health, sedative use, digestive health, and lowering fevers.

• Eat dried, make a tea from the leaves, and handle the fruit gently {it's fragile!}

• Good for metabolic aid, pregnancy aid, and fighting cancer.

• Eat organic and make sure they are ripe.

• Good for heart health, digestion, and are anti-cancer.

• Advice: Eat seasonally and go organic.

• Good for kidney stones, heart health, relieves indigestion, alkalizing, and detoxifying.

• Advice: Use the peels.

• Good for bone health, soothing the stomach, boosting energy, cardiovascular health, and constipation relief.

• Advice: Make sure it is ripe.

• Good for supporting digestion, balancing blood sugar, heart health, colds, and the flu.

• Advice: Can and should be eaten dry & fresh.

• Good for digestion, anti-cancer, eye health, and immunity.

• Advice: Keep it fresh and add dairy.

• Good for eyesight, blood flow, blood pressure, and wound healing.

• Good for digestion, fighting parasites, healthy fiber, and eye health.

• Advice: Use the seeds, juice it, and consume unripe too.

• Good for men's health, heart health, joint health, and fighting infection.

• Advice: Eat the seeds and make Pomegranate molasses.

• Good for men's fertility, inflammatory bowel, staying flexible, and digestion.

• Advice: Make it into a tangy sorbet or salsa.

• Good for being a natural antibiotic, metabolic balance, feeding the brain, and improving cholesterol ratios.

• Advice: Drink coconut water instead of sports drinks, mix into a dressing.

• Good for its anti-inflammatory effects, lowering blood pressure, and boosting fertility.

• Good for prostate health, boosting skin health, immunity, and eye health.

• Advice: Steam it, try different color variations, and sprout the seeds.

• Good for healing ulcers, liver function, skin health, and fighting parasites.

• Advice: Cook it lightly, try bok choy, get different colored varieties, and use the outer leaves.