Discover 9 Key Colors to Your Best Food Choices Part 1.

How to Apply Color Therapy for Optimal Health



Did you know color therapy is the radiant reflection of luminous energy in various wavelengths, with the power to affect both the body and the soul. Color therapy, or the conscious implementation of color to encourage well-being and healing, has been used in schools, hospitals, workplaces, and other institutions for decades. Science has shown that blood pressure, pulse, and respiratory rate are decreased by exposure to cool colors, such as green, blue, and black, and increased by warm colors, such as red, orange, and yellow.

For optimal health, eat foods in a wide range of colors. Your meals should be riotous rainbow of color, rather than a bland palette of whites or browns. Celebrate life, health, fitness, and even food choices by celebrating color!

Red

Red, the most physical and sensual of the colors, vibrates the most slowly and has the longest wavelength in the visible spectrum. Red is stimulating, hot, and exciting; it is associated with vitality, strength, passion, and willpower.

Red Foods

• Beets
• Cayenne
• Cherries
• Cranberries
• Dulse
• Kidney Beans
• Radishes
• Raspberries
• Red Apples
• Red Peppers
• Red Cabbages
• Watermelon
• Strawberries
• Tomatoes
• Red plums

These are some of the red foods for you and there's a whole lot more!

Orange

Orange is the blending of red (physical action) with yellow (wisdom). It symbolizes enthusiasm, outgoingness, optimism, confidence, joyfulness, and courage.

Beware fast-food restaurants use orange to attract lots of people without encouraging them to linger.

Orange Foods

• Almonds
• Apricots
• Cantaloupe
• Carrots
• Cumin
• Dates
• Ginger
• Mangoes
• Nectarines
• Oranges
• Papayas
• Paprika
• Peaches
• Sweet Potatoes
• Walnuts
• Pumpkins
• Tangerines

Orange can lift spirits, foster humor, and loosen repression. Try it!

Yellow

Yellow is warm and is associated with things sunny, cheerful, joyous, optimistic, practical, confident, and illuminating. It is also associated with wisdom, knowledge, logic, and the mind. Now I know why I chose yellow as one of my main colors for Fitness Elements (Wisdom).

Because yellow is such a sharpening color that it enhances alertness, concentration, communication, and focus, you will often find yellow on food packaging.

• Bananas
• Corn
• Dill
• Anise Seeds
• Cinnamon
• Chamomile
• Golden Apples
• Grapefruit
• Honey
• Lemons
• Lemongrass
• Nuts
• Pineapple
• Vegetable oils
• Yams
• Yellow Peppers
• Yellow Squash
• Whole grains

I hope you enjoy part 1 of the color therapy for optimal health and try to apply these colors to your fun food choices. See you next week for part 2. Have a healthy and happy day!

By, Natalie Pyles

Health and Fitness Expert, Nutrition Specialist, Author, and NSA Speaker