Article: Phytochemicals For Your Immune Health
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Phytochemicals For Your Immune Health
When you were growing up your Mom may have fought to get you to eat your vegetables. Or maybe you're the parent fighting with your kids to eat the right foods. What many of us don't know is that our food also fights for us.
My mom used to dress the dinner plate in full matching regalia; yellow squash nestled next to green asparagus. Red and yellow peppers tossed around the salad added spectacular color. Now dear Mom knew these foods were healthy and she loved to decorate my plate with the colors of the season, but did she know that these wholesome foods contain phytochemicals?
Phytochemicals are the active substances in plants that give them their color, flavor, odor, and protection against plant diseases. Phytochemicals work as powerful antioxidants, which ca...
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