Want good health? Your meals need to be colourful


Healthy hues: A vegan diet is more interesting when your plate is full of colour. Photo: AFP

Eat food with a variety of colours to enjoy good health.

A man in The Los Angeles Times cafeteria the other day bought sliced turkey, white rice, a slice of white bread with butter and a Diet Coke. I realise it wasn’t a vegan lunch, but it provides a lesson in how to create a healthful meal: colour.

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