Module 6 food and health unit 6 a reading skills exercise 4 a page 102 rainbow of food.0:05
Color is important to almost everybody.0:39
It makes life interesting.0:42
We all have opinions about the colors we like to wear and the colours we like to have around us.0:45
But did you know that color also affects our health and our bodies in a lot of different ways?0:52
Warm colors like red and yellow can make us feel like eating.1:00
Just seeing something red can make our heart beat faster and increase our blood pressure as well as our appetite.1:04
This may actually be genetic because our ancient ancestors had to be able to tell when fruit was ripe.1:13
So it was very helpful for them to be attracted to red and yellow.1:22
Other colours can make us lose our appetite.1:27
Give somebody a blue cupcake and they might not want to eat it.1:30
Blue consistently wins the prize for the least appetizing color.1:35
This may also be in our genes because for our ancient ancestors, blue and purple could have been colour warning signs for foods that were spoiled or poisonous.1:41
These natural reactions we have to color can be put to good use.1:55
Did you ever notice that restaurants are often painted in warm colours?2:00
This helps diners enjoy their meals and eat more too.2:05
Also, it might not be a good idea to paint your kitchen blue unless you want to lose weight.2:10
This brings us to a dieting trick.2:17
If you want to eat less, try using a blue plate.2:20
Even more amazingly, the actual flavors we taste depend on color.2:24
To prove this, people were given colored drinks to taste and they could all recognize the flavours.2:30
Cherry, grape and lemon lime.2:37
However, when they couldn't see the colours of the drinks, the same people could not recognize the flavours very well.2:41
For example, only 30% of the people could recognize the cherry drink.2:49
Most people thought it was lemon lime.2:54
Finally, foods are the colors they are because of the nutrients and vitamins they contain.2:58
Red and purple foods contain chemicals called antioxidants that help to keep us from aging.3:05
Green vegetables contain iron, which the body needs to make new red blood cells, and vitamin K, which keeps the blood moving easily around the body.3:13
Orange and yellow foods contain carotenes which the body uses to make vitamin A, which is very important for good eyesight.3:25
This means that it is important to eat a rainbow of food every day.3:34
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