Healthy Veggies: Pick Purple
From The Sonoma Diet
Yes, there are purple vegetables. Had you forgotten eggplant, Belgian
endive, and purple cabbage? You’ll also find purple bell peppers,
purple asparagus, and purple carrots. Keep an eye out for these
beautiful vegetables in your local market.
You’ll even see blue and purple potatoes, which were once scarce in
North America but are now becoming more and more common on grocery
store shelves. Smaller than baking potatoes they have a natural
buttery flavor, so you’ll have no trouble eating them without added fat.
For an easy way to add some purple to your day, simply toss some
purple kale into a salad.
The phytonutrients responsible for the color in these vegetables
(usually in the phenol or anthocyanin category) seem to be helpful in
slowing the ravages of aging. Urinary tract health and memory function
also benefit from purple vegetables.