Give your diet a powerful antioxidant boost

You aren’t getting what you need.

Most of us living in the U.S. eat only a small fraction of the phytonutrients we need for the best of health. (You can read about this shortfall of dietary phytonutrients in “Living Colors” 10/29/09.)

So where do you find these phytonutrients? Fruits and vegetables. Phytochemicals give them their colors. And phytochemicals contain more than 25,000 phytonutrients.

Want to support heart health? Eat your phytonutrients. Want to keep hawk-like vision and curb risk of age-related diseases? You get the idea. Spinach, blueberries, tomatoes, oranges, and squash are all great sources of phytonutrients.

After reading “Living Colors,” one of my colleagues reminded me of an excellent phytonutrient source we’ve told you about before. She wrote: “I can’t believe you forgot Vital Purples. Vital Purples is delicious and it’s FULL of phytonutrients from 19 different darkly colored whole fruits, veggies and extracts.”

She’s right. Vital Purples is a great way to include blueberries, pomegranates, beets, figs, eggplants, plums, black cherries, and a dozen other antioxidant powerhouses in your daily diet.