Orange foods, like carrots, butternut squash and sweet potatoes, are rich in beta - carotene, an anti-oxidant and organic pigment that
give orange foods their hue.
Not exact matches
Why not
give them a healthy
orange crunchy
food like carrot strips instead?
However, there is a big difference between
giving your baby a big, juicy wedge of grapefruit or bottle of
orange juice and adding a drop or two of lemon juice to a batch of homemade baby
food.
At the two restaurants we frequent where we use the children's menu (as opposed to just
giving the kids
food off of our plates), at one we order mac & cheese (made in - house, not Kraft) with a side of canned mandarin
oranges, and at the other one we order cheese ravioli with marinara sauce.
I
give Andrew a fast
food cup with a straw and lid, and put water, ice and a squeeze of fruit in it (
orange, lemon, strawberry.)
The list of
foods you're
giving up is intense: dairy and eggs, most grains,
oranges, bananas, strawberries, corn, nightshades, pork, beef, veal, sausage, canned meat, shellfish, raw meat, and more.
It wasn't only breakfast cereal, fake
orange juice, toothpaste, vitamins and snack
foods that contained dyes, but unlikely
foods such as applesauce were
given strange colors.
Since many phytochemicals also serve as the pigment that
gives foods their deep hues, you can identify many phytonutrient - rich
foods by looking for colorful
foods; for example, look for
foods that are blue or purple like blueberries, blackberries and red cabbage (rich in flavonoids); yellow -
orange foods like carrots, winter squash, papaya, and melon (rich in beta - carotene); red or pink
foods like tomatoes, guava, and watermelon (rich in lycopene); and green
foods like kale, spinach, and collard greens (rich in chlorophyll).
This is a form of vitamin A that
gives foods a unique, bold
orange color.
You've probably heard that carrots and other
orange - colored fruits and vegetables promote eye health and protect vision, and it's true: Beta - carotene, a type of vitamin A that
gives these
foods their
orange hue, helps the retina and other parts of the eye to function smoothly.
Give him
orange juice, ten spoonfuls per day and plenty of water and feed him watery canned puppy
food up to 12 per day.
Fresh greens like spinach and arugula, and fruits like apples and
oranges (sans the seeds) are all budgie - safe fresh
foods that can be
given in moderate amounts.
Guinea pigs have a vitamin C deficiency, so
give a daily vitamin C supplement, fortified
food pellets, and vitamin C packed fresh
orange slices as treats.