Week 12 - Eating or drinking the rainbow

Week 12 – Eating and drinking the rainbow.

Chakras – What are the 7 chakras and how can food help us to gain the most out of them? What can different color foods bring to our Chakras and how they can power them up?

Incorporating them in a daily routine from some fresh strawberries at breakfast, to carrots or Brussel sprouts at dinner can help. Eating healthy does not have to be hard, but eating natural foods all the time can be hard.

Now don’t get me wrong I am a sucker for a good ole box of mac and cheese or a can of spaghetti o’s but realistically is it healthy for me. No… So, here is a list of foods I have found along with the websites that you can read articles on them that will give you more in-depth foods that can benefit for changing the food we eat.

(The color represented here are of the food colors and not necessarily the colors of the chakras per say.) (Remember we are eating and drinking the rainbow when we eat these foods or turn them into juices.)

Root chakra – Red - Energy

Sacral chakra – Orange – Confidence, Self-worth, Creativity

Solar plexus chakra – Yellow – Mood enhancer

Heart chakra – Green - Heart

Throat chakra – Blue/Black – Calming, Self-Expression

Third eye chakra – Indigo/Violet – Peace and helps with your psychic abilities

Crown chakra – Violet/White – Strength, balance

Let’s dive in to this more. Let’s start with the root. We know that the Root Chakra helps with boosting your energy. We also know that there is nothing worse than feeling that morning grind and feeling like you are still asleep. So here are the foods that I feel can help raise that energy, raise the feeling of awareness no matter the time of day

Strawberries Raspberries Red and pink grapefruit Red Snapper

Beets Tomatoes Red cherries Red cabbage

Pomegranate Apples Salmon Cranberries

Red Lentil Watermelon Kidney beans Red potatoes

Sacral chakra incorporates orange and deep yellows as a food element. This chakra is known for confidence and self-worth, also as the creativity chakra. If you are a little low in the confidence factor then eating some of these foods might help. This is also the chakra that is known to help balance your sexual drive.

Mandarins Mangos Carrots Butter nut Squash

Mangos Pumpkins Yams Orange

Apricots Cheddar Cheese Papaya Kabocha Squash

Peaches Persimmon Horned Melon Cape gooseberries

Kumquats Salmon Roe Sweet Potatoes Turmeric

Clementines Orange Habanero Annatto Cantaloupe

Solar plexus chakras is a very important chakra. This placement is located about a couple inches right above your belly button and aids in the feelings of depression, emotional balance when wanting to bring joys in your life. Yellow food because of their bright vibrance in color are natural mood enhancer. Here is a list of some yellow foods that can brighten up that day every time.

Bananas Sweet Corn Pineapple Yellow peppers

Apricots Asian pears Butter Durian

Golden beets Eggs Gold Kiwi Golden raisins

Honey Jackfruit Lemons Loquats

Mustard Parsnips Passion fruit Plantains

Rutabaga Star fruit Yellow apples Yellow string beans

Yellow Onions Yellow zucchini

Heart Chakra – What better can this be for rejuvenation, The ability to love, and feel empathy. The color green is the growth color. What can be heathier in color then green and all that this color can produce. Here are some of the wonderful foods that bring us vibrant greens that can help in the heart chakra.

Avocado Kale Brussel Sprouts Kiwi

Edamame Green tea Basil Sage

Seaweed Collard Greens Lettuce Spinach

Green Beans Peas Cactus Pear Green bell peppers

Asparagus Machi Swiss Chard Dill

Parsley Orengo Broccoli Sunflower sprouts

Arugala Mustard Greens Pear Cucumber

Celery Honey dew melon Artichokes Green Cabbage

Throat Chakra – This is where we get our voice, the calming effect that is needed sometimes when speaking our mind, or the power to be able to express ourselves comes here. The colors of blue and black both represented here for food.

Black berries Blue berries Black currants Elderberries

Figs Blue potatoes Blue Cheese Blue Corn

Blue Crab Blue Tomato Borage Black garlic

Black Beans Black Lentils Balsamic Vinegar Chia Seeds

Caviar Black Rice Soy Sauce Black Sesame Seeds

Eggplants Black Olives Black pepper Vanilla

Squid Ink Coffee Prune Activated Charcoal

Raisins Juniper berries Black Truffles

Third eye chakra – The color of violet is known to bring a calming sensation, but how does this fit with the third eye. Well, the third eye is represented to bring social awareness to us. It helps with expanding our intuition and psychic abilities. When in balance it is said to be in tuned with the physical and spiritual world. Here are some foods that can be used for the third eye.

Purple basil Purple carrots European Plum Ulluco

Acai Berry Star Apple Passion Fruit Purple grapes

Purple corn Purple garlic Royal Burgundy Green Beans

Okinawan Sweet potato Indigo rose Tomato Black rice (cooked)

Crown chakra – this being our last chakra the color that is associated with this is of the white food group for strength, connecting to the universe through our crown. Being at a state of true bliss and peace. Once achieved true enlightenment has happen you have come to a point where you will be able to feel balance on multiple levels.

Here are some foods that will aid in this process.

Parsnip Cauliflower Milk Bread

Greek yogurt Bananas (inside) Pear (inside) Mushrooms

Tofu White onions White rice White pasta

Bechamel sauce Various cheese Pop corn Cashews

Oats Salt Garlic White sugar

Egg whites Scallops Various white fish White asparagus

Daikon Jicama Coconut meat Chick peas

Websites I used for this knowledge –

1. https://www.gaia.com/article/balance-your-chakras-food

2. https://blog.mindvalley.com/7-chakras/

3. https://www.alive.com/health/eat-red/