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Firefly’s fourth pillar of connection is to food. Somewhere along the way, Americans started outsourcing the making and cooking of food to companies and restaurants, which has been not only detrimental to our collective health, but also to our sense of connection to food. I like Michael Pollan’s advice from his book In Defense of Food “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Unfortunately most of what we’re consuming today is not food, but rather “edible food-like substances.

Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables in all the colors is good for your heart. Here are the five color categories with examples of each and the nutrients of each. Red & Pink: i.e. cherries, beets, cranberries, radishes, red peppers, strawberries, tomatoes, pomegranates; rich in the lycopene, which is a carotenoid that helps your body make vitamin A, and anthocyanins, which have powerful antioxidant properties that may reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease Blue & Pur