What It Means to "Eat the Rainbow"

Healthy eating advocates often tell people to “eat the rainbow.”

Here’s what it means, and how it works.

The phrase is actually an oversimplification of a real issue.

Those chemicals then offer you different nutrients when they’re eaten.

That’s the root of “eating the rainbow.”

As always,do your due diligence in researching what you read, anddon’t fall prey to pseudoscience.

That shouldn’t be news, but it is an integral part oflearning to love your food.

Title photo byTina Mailhot-Roberge.

Additional photos byChasing Delicious,Patrick Feller, andDesi.