How Can You Find the Superstars?
Go for color. Take a look:
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Deep Orange/Yellow Carrots, Winter Squash, Sweet Potatoes, Butternut Squash These vegetables are high in carotenoids, which may help prevent cancer and protect your vision.
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Dark Green Leafy Vegetables Spinach, Collard Greens, Kale, Romaine These contain lutein and folacin which help to prevent cancer and may protect your eyes against macular degeneration, a major cause of blindness.
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Red Tomatoes and Tomato Sauce These contain the phytonutrient lycopene, which may help prevent cancer. |
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Although potatoes and light green lettuce salad are perfectly good vegetables, they aren't going to give you a lot of the phytochemicals found in the superstars.