@nourishwithcristina: DAY 2: GREEN FOODS 🥑🥝 Green foods get their colour from natural plant compounds called phytonutrients. These compounds help protect the plant, and when we eat them, they can help protect us too! 🌿 Think avocados, broccoli, spinach, kale, cucumber, kiwi, edamame, asparagus, Brussels sprouts and more. Here’s why they’re worth adding to your plate 👇 ✨ Chlorophyll, carotenoids & other phytonutrients help protect your cells from oxidative stress. ✨ Fibre supports gut health, digestion and helps keep you feeling fuller for longer. ✨ Folate, vitamin K, magnesium & potassium support bone health, muscle and nerve function, blood clotting and energy production. ✨ Glucosinolates (found in veggies like broccoli and Brussels sprouts) support heart health and may help reduce the risk of certain cancers as part of an overall healthy diet. 💚 Green foods are doing a lot behind the scenes for your gut, heart, brain and overall health. Easy ways to eat more green: 🥑 Add avocado to toast or salads. 🥬 Toss spinach into smoothies, pasta or curries. 🥦 Roast broccoli or Brussels sprouts. 🫛 Keep frozen edamame or peas on hand. 🌿 Finish meals with fresh herbs. Remember, you don’t need to eat every green food every day. Aim for a variety of colours across the week to give your body a wider range of beneficial nutrients. 🌈 What’s your favourite green food? Mine has to be avocado! 🥑💚 #EatTheRainbow #nutritiontips #HealthyEating #GutHealth #PlantPowered

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