it should include a healthy protein, whole grains, vegetables, and fruit. But rather than ration those ingredients, it might be easier – and healthier – to mix and match colors.
But not every type of food provides these benefits, especially “ultra-processed food, which has been the death knell of health in North Americans,” said Andrea Boggild, MD, medical director of the Tropical Disease Unit at Toronto General Hospital, and an associate professor of medicine at the University of Toronto.
All it takes is going back to the basics and making sure that the plate contains all of the major plant colors: red, orange, yellow, green, and blue-purple.and contain nutrients that help the body fight inflammation and maintain a healthy immune response. But don’t forget tomatoes, which researchers have recently discovered may be able to fight infectious bacteria responsible for many food-borne illnesses.