Purple is a colour associated with royalty and purple vegetables are a king among foods. Food health experts rave about them. They add a splash of colour to any meal and are rich in flavour, but it’s their amazing healing powers that get most people excited. The darker the colour of food, the higher the antioxidant level, so the greater the ability to get rid of free radicals.

Benefits:

	Vegetables such as purple cauliflower, purple carrots and purple cabbage are coloured by a pigment called anthocyanin, a strong antioxidant which can fight the bacteria that promotes stomach ulcers and urinary tract infections.
	purple foods soothe inflammation, help lower the risk of heart disease by improving circulation and preventing blood clots, help reduce the risk of cancer, strengthen the immune system and have been known to improve memory and brain function.

Purple vegetables include:

Eggplant - Purple cabbage - Purple peppers - Purple potatoes - Purple onions - Purple carrots - Purple cauliflower