Food and colour

We all have colours that we like and dislike. How we react to a particular colour can give us an indication how that colour can be used to help with our well-being. Most of us when we are shopping for food don’t notice how we are drawn to a product by the colour of the packaging or by the colour of the item itself. This can be an indication of the body trying to direct us to the foods we need to re-balance our health.

Foods have two different kinds of colour energy – one is the colour of the food and the other is the colour of the energy it supplies e.g. chocolate (don’t we just love it?!) – it’s not red in colour but because of the instant energy it gives us it is considered a red energy food.

Choosing food by colour

• Food colours that we are attracted to temporarily reflect the immediate nutritional needs of our body

• Foods that display our favourite colours will always be needed because they give us the particular energy that supports our body’s function

• Foods belonging to the least-favourite or even disliked colours will provide the nutrition and colour energy we are lacking

• If you have problems corresponding to certain colours, you may wish to introduce food of that colour into your diet to help your body with its healing

Red coloured foods and red energy foods

Red foods are generally rich in minerals and provide good sources of protein. They are good for increasing energy levels so are useful for people suffering from anaemia, light-headedness, lack of stamina and low energy levels

Watercress and parsley are both green in appearance but because they are high in minerals they are red energy foods. Red wine – red in colour and provides iron but because of its high alcohol content it is also contains violet energy as well as red energy.

Red foods include: strawberries, cherries, tomatoes, peppers, onions, beetroot, meat and fish

Red minerals include: iron, magnesium, zinc

Orange coloured foods and orange energy foods

Orange foods help with the release of toxins from the body, they help to support the reproductive system and encourage creativity. They help with the release of toxins from the body by encouraging the system to become more efficient in the removal of waste. If you are not getting enough orange or orange energy foods you may suffer from constipation, stiffness in your muscles or joints, stagnation on an emotional level e.g. artists block. Introducing orange/orange energy foods into a tired or toxic body is easier for the body to handle than the strong, direct energy of red foods.

Orange fruits include: oranges, peaches, apricots

Orange vegetables include: carrots, peppers, pumpkins

Other orange foods include: brown rice, sesame seeds, oats (all provide roughage), shellfish

Orange minerals include: calcium (for healthy bones/muscle relaxation), copper (helps absorption of iron, improves flexibility or arteries)

Yellow coloured foods and yellow energy foods

During our daylight hours, the sun gives us our main source of yellow. However, as modern life uses up a lot our yellow energy due to pollution, chemicals, indoor living, and high stress levels, most of us need to eat yellow foods.

Lack of yellow can lead to irritability, tension, poor memory, digestive problems, a tendency towards hot flushes, depression and an inability to make decisions.

Yellow foods include: lemons, bananas, grapefruits

Yellow vegetables include: peppers, pumpkins, grains such as rice, corn

Other yellow foods include: eggs, fish, oils, fatty acids food

Yellow minerals include: sodium and potassium (for healthy blood pressure, function of the cells and the muscles), phosphorus (for healthy bones, teeth, kidneys, nerves and energy levels), iodine (for healthy arteries, balanced thyroid)

Green coloured foods and green energy foods

Food that is green or works in a green way tends to be rich in vitamins and minerals. If you are not getting enough green energy this can make you feel depressed or trapped and give you low self esteem or breathing difficulties. A quick, easy way to bring green energy into your life is to go out in the open air and be around natural surroundings (ok, I know this can be difficult for some of us living on urbanisations but you will have to go out looking!)

All minerals act in a green way as do herbs. Eating foods in their natural season or locally grown foods allows our bodies to settle into the patterns/rhythms of our immediate surroundings.

Green fruits include: apples, pears, avocados, green grapes, limes, kiwi fruits

Green vegetables include: cabbage, broccoli, sprouts, green beans, leeks, spinach, peas

Other green foods include: herbs such as marjoram, basil, oregano

Blue/Violet coloured foods and blue/violet energy foods

There are not many foods that are blue or violet in colour but there are foods that contain blue or violet energy. Blue foods are useful when you have problems with your voice, glands/organs of the neck or need help communicating.

Violet energy foods have a powerful effect on the workings of the mind. Food additives/colourings create illusion (a violet function) and some additives also have an addictive quality (another violet trait) Both alcohol and sugar belong in this category when they are used to excess to escape the real world – e.g. comfort eating or drinking to blot out feelings.

Top Tip from Reiki Healing Spain. Blue/violet fruits include: plums, blueberries, black grapes

Blue/violet vegetables include: all seaweed products, asparagus, aubergines. Blue/violet minerals include: iodine (enhances the function of the thyroid gland), potassium (keeps oxygen supplied to the brain)