The role of fruits and vegetables with bright colors in disease prevention

 
A recent study found that eating fruits and vegetables are brightly colored and rich in antioxidants may help prevent disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or to delay his appearance.

The researchers found that the increase in the consumption of semiconductor carotene (pigments of red and yellow like carotene found in some plants), especially beta-carotene and lutein, may help reduce the risk of this neurodegenerative disease, which is too late in the body, attacking the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord.