5 A Day The Color Way
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For more general (non-color-based) efforts to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption, see 5 A Day
5 A Day The Color Way is the motto of the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH). The program advocates the daily consumption of fruits and vegetables from five different color groups.
The promoters of the programme claim that each color has distinct nutritional benefits. They do not substantiate this claim in very much detail, for instance mentioning molecules that are found in some members of a colour group but not others (such as garlic/mushrooms). Such claims have been disputed by the scientific community in the past, see for instance [link]. There is also not a substantiation of why the chemicals named need be consumed in the proportions that their diet would tend to suggest. (That fruit and vegetables in general can have health benefits is not in dispute)
Marketers and distibuters of fruit and vegetable products are permitted to use the 5 A Day logo if their products meet certain [criteria], in order to both promote healthier living through a natural diet and to increase sales.
The color groups
Helps to maintain:
Fruits
- Blackberries
- Blueberries
- Black currants
- Dried plums
- Elderberries
- Purple figs
- Purple grapes
- Plums
- Raisins
Vegetables
- Purple asparagus
- Purple cabbage
- Purple carrots
- Eggplant
- Purple Belgian endive
- Purple peppers
- Potatoes (purple fleshed)
- Black salsify
- Purple /broccoli
Helps to maintain:
Fruits
Vegetables
- Artichokes
- Arugula
- Asparagus
- Broccoflower
- Broccoli
- Broccoli rabe
- Brussels sprouts
- Chinese cabbage
- Green beans
- Green cabbage
- Celery
- Chayote squash
- Cucumbers
- Endive
- Leafy greens
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Green onion
- Okra
- Peas
- Green pepper
- Snow peas
- Sugar snap peas
- Spinach
- Watercress
- Zucchini
- Heart health
- Cholesterol levels that are already healthy
- A lower risk of some cancers*
Fruits
Vegetables
- Cauliflower
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Jicama
- Kohlrabi
- Mushrooms
- Onions
- Parsnips
- Potatoes (white fleshed)
- Shallots
- Turnips
- White corn
Helps to maintain:
- Heart health
- Vision health
- A healthy immune system
- A lower risk of some cancers*
Fruits
- Yellow apples
- Apricots
- Cantaloupe
- Cape gooseberries
- Yellow figs
- Grapefruit
- Golden kiwifruit
- Lemon
- Mangoes
- Nectarines
- Oranges
- Papayas
- Peaches
- Yellow pears
- Persimmons
- Pineapples
- Tangerines
- Yellow watermelon
Vegetables
- Yellow beets
- Butternut squash
- Carrots
- Yellow peppers
- Yellow potatoes
- Pumpkin
- Rutabagas
- Yellow summer squash
- Sweet corn
- Sweet potatoes
- Yellow tomatoes
- Yellow winter squash
Helps to maintain:
- Heart health
- Memory function
- A lower risk of some cancers*
- Urinary tract health
Fruits
- Red apples
- Blood oranges
- Cherries
- Cranberries
- Red grapes
- Pink/Red grapefruit
- Red pears
- Pomegranates
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Watermelon
Vegetables
- Beets
- Red peppers
- Radishes
- Radicchio
- Red onions
- Red potatoes
- Rhubarb
- Tomatoes
* Diets rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of some types of cancer and other chronic diseases.Related
5 A Day
- Artichokes
- Arugula
- Asparagus
- Broccoflower
- Broccoli
- Broccoli rabe
- Brussels sprouts
- Chinese cabbage
- Green beans
- Green cabbage
- Celery
- Chayote squash
- Cucumbers
- Endive
- Leafy greens
- Leeks
- Lettuce
- Green onion
- Okra
- Peas
- Green pepper
- Snow peas
- Sugar snap peas
- Spinach
- Watercress
- Zucchini
- Heart health
- Cholesterol levels that are already healthy
- A lower risk of some cancers*
- Cauliflower
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Jerusalem artichoke
- Jicama
- Kohlrabi
- Mushrooms
- Onions
- Parsnips
- Potatoes (white fleshed)
- Shallots
- Turnips
- White corn
Helps to maintain:
- Heart health
- Vision health
- A healthy immune system
- A lower risk of some cancers*
Fruits
- Yellow apples
- Apricots
- Cantaloupe
- Cape gooseberries
- Yellow figs
- Grapefruit
- Golden kiwifruit
- Lemon
- Mangoes
- Nectarines
- Oranges
- Papayas
- Peaches
- Yellow pears
- Persimmons
- Pineapples
- Tangerines
- Yellow watermelon
Vegetables
- Yellow beets
- Butternut squash
- Carrots
- Yellow peppers
- Yellow potatoes
- Pumpkin
- Rutabagas
- Yellow summer squash
- Sweet corn
- Sweet potatoes
- Yellow tomatoes
- Yellow winter squash
Helps to maintain:
- Heart health
- Memory function
- A lower risk of some cancers*
- Urinary tract health
Fruits
- Red apples
- Blood oranges
- Cherries
- Cranberries
- Red grapes
- Pink/Red grapefruit
- Red pears
- Pomegranates
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Watermelon
Vegetables
- Beets
- Red peppers
- Radishes
- Radicchio
- Red onions
- Red potatoes
- Rhubarb
- Tomatoes
* Diets rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of some types of cancer and other chronic diseases.Related
5 A Day
- Heart health
- Memory function
- A lower risk of some cancers*
- Urinary tract health
- Red apples
- Blood oranges
- Cherries
- Cranberries
- Red grapes
- Pink/Red grapefruit
- Red pears
- Pomegranates
- Raspberries
- Strawberries
- Watermelon
- Beets
- Red peppers
- Radishes
- Radicchio
- Red onions
- Red potatoes
- Rhubarb
- Tomatoes
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