HueTrition Introduction
HueTrition is nutrition by color. It is based on eating a daily variety of health promoting,
pure colored and minimally processed foods, namely fruits and vegetables. Embracing
HueTrition is about fostering a permanent, positive lifestyle change through
incorporating a whole spectrum of fruits and vegetables into your diet (“you are what
you eat, right?”).
HueTrition creates a healthy lifestyle change that lasts. It is NOT a diet, but if you have
been struggling to lose weight and you take the HueChallenge described at the back of
this book even for 2 weeks, you will begin to substitute your snacks and side dishes with
colorful vegetables. During this time, you will not only begin to notice improvements in
your energy levels and weight, but more importantly, you will be on your way to fool-proofing yourself against chronic disease (coupled with regular physical activity of
course!).
Did you know the color of fruits or vegetables can tell you the vitamins and nutrients
they have?
We recommend at HueTrition.com to aim for one of each of the 5 colors every day.At HueTrition we divide these foods into 5 categories, by color: blue/purple, red, green, yellow/orange, and white. Dividing fruits and vegetables by color provides an easy way to incorporate nutrient needs and health benefits into our diet.
Eating by color is easy
As you read through the chapters and pages of this book, you will find that it really is as
simple as eating by color to get the nutrients your body craves and needs for health.
The second half of this book is a children’s book
This book also serves as a guide to children. You will find the second half of the book is a
story you can read to your children, one that invites them into the world of choosing
food through color, and a chart to record those choices. It is important to get kids
excited about eating fruits and vegetables, because diet choices at a young age can
shape choices for the rest of a child’s life.
Recipes for you to make with your children and family
Five recipes are included for you to make for your family, as well as five recipes for your child and you to make together. HueTracker, a chart with a logging system, is included to keep track of each time your child eats a different color fruit or vegetable. You can also keep track online by becoming a HueClub member at huetrition.com. This is
included to make food fun for your child. Consider the way that fast food and junk food are made “fun” and colorful for children in order to make them appetizing.
Color makes food look appetizing
Food companies also use a rainbow of colors, because people are attracted to colors in their food. Very often it is not the food that contains these colors, though. It is merely
the wrapper or box holding the food, meant to be appetizing or attractive. There is a reason why candies are dyed bright colors. We eat with our eyes and bright colors
appeal to the appetite. Plus, without all the packaging, fruits and vegetables are better for the environment!
Freshness and nutrient value of a fruit or vegetable by the richness of its color
When you walk through a produce section, you can quickly tell the quality or freshness of a fruit or vegetable by its color. These colors are also telling us something else. They are telling us how nutrient-dense our food is. Fresh foods and colorful foods are our best choice, our best diet, and our best medicine.
Nature has made something easy for us to understand. So easy, in fact, that even a child
can understand. Now, let’s read on.
A child’s palate adjusts to diet
When your child is eating healthy, their palate is conditioned to perceive sweetness in sweet fruits and vegetables. When a child is eating a lot of sugar, they may not perceive
the sweet fruits and vegetables as being sweet because they might be conditioned to the very strong sweetness of sugar.
Consider this: A friend posted a photo of her 9-month old baby online eating his first bite of ice cream-- blue cotton candy ice cream. What did the baby do? Wince and spit it out.
On my niece’s first birthday she had cupcakes, and what was her response to her first encounter with the sugary food? A grimace.
These children had so far only had baby food, and purees of fruits and vegetables. To them, those pureed yams were very sweet. And they still can be, for both you and your
child.What we would like to do is preserve this sense in our children, of really tasting the sweetness in natural foods.
Our palate, or sense of taste, is conditioned by our diet.
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