So at the farmer stand, you see lots of colors.
And I'm gonna start off with my favorite, favorite fruit
in the summer time, which are peaches.
But the beautiful thing about all these,
are these orange colors can note the fact
that they have vitamin A in them.
And vitamin A-- I did not know that.
Orange equals A.
A, so yams have it too.
Anything, you see orange here has a little bit of that.
And your skin needs vitamin A.
If you wanna look beautiful,
you gotta use all the right creams and all.
You have to eat a rainbow if you wanna be healthy, right?
Bingo. And the most important of all is vitamin A,
because it helps with all the basic functions
that your skin needs to be healthy.
It also helps the mucus membranes,
the inside parts of your body
that you want to keep the right way as well.
You wanna keep 'em all nice and gooped up in there.
Exactly right. (Rachel and audience laughs)
So A is the way to go.
A is the way to go for peaches.
Now, I happen to love grapes,
but there's a special reason that grapes are important.
If you have these dark colored grapes,
you see the skin has this pigment to it?
The reason it has that--
Black grapes are my favorite.
I like them as well.
And you know, you make wines out of grapes.
There's something called resveratrol,
which many of you've heard of.
Resveratrol is the thing in plants
that we believe is most associated with longevity.
And now the problem is
you need about 180 bottles of wine a day
to get the amount of resveratrol to live longer.
Even Rachel Ray-- I have some cousins, yeah.
Even Rachel Ray, with cousins... (Rachel laughs)
But, there's a story I wanna tell you about grapes,
I think you should all understand this,
'cause we're talking today really
about the sacredness of nature.
The reason grapes are good for us
is grapes don't grow in moist, gentle environments.
They grow in harsh environments usually, right?
That's right.
The best wines come from the arid, rocky areas.
They grow on the sides of hills.
It's the way that the plants are telling mammals, us,
about what's going on in the world.
Think about this: if the grape's having a hard time growing,
it makes more of this resveratrol chemical we need.
When we eat it, we get it in our bodies.
It tells our body's cells to live longer!
Beautiful heirloom.
The focus here are actually the artichokes.
The artichokes are part of a family
called the allium family, right?
So leeks are in there, the garlic down below
in case you're intimidated by artichokes.
I know you make beautiful artichokes
which is why I wanna highlight this.
These are all called prebiotics.
They feed the bacteria in our gut.
So we talk about probiotics all the time.
People talk about probiotics all the time.
Right, these are prebiotics.
You can take pills on them,
but if you don't feed your gut the right things,
it doesn't matter what bacteria are in there.
And the biggest pathology I'm seeing right now in America
is that people have the same kind of bacteria in their gut.
We need to have diversity of bacteria.
If you don't feed your bacteria, they can't grow,
they can't prosper, they can't diversify.
So, I love all these, but artichokes in particular,
and there are so many good recipes for them.
(audience applause) (Rachel chuckles)
Headaches were the biggest complaints that I hear about.
You probably hear them as well.
The number one easy solution for a headache,
if you're lucky, is fluid, hydration,
and leafy greens. I was gonna say,
isn't it so attached to how much water, right?
And especially when it's hot outside,
Absolutely.
And the change of seasons?
You find people don't stay hydrated the right way.
Most of the hydration we need
actually comes from the foods we eat.
All these foods have hydration, but leafy green vegetables,
they're primarily water.
They also have vitamin C in them.
They have potassium in them,
which also relaxes the blood vessels,
so you get the right amount of blood
to the right parts of your body,
as opposed to sodium which is the salt stuff
that sometimes does the opposite to us.
So leafy greens have lots of benefits.
And the darker, the better, right?
Don't we get a lot of nutrients out of dark greens?
Or is there no difference between, like,
iceberg lettuce and kale?
There's a huge difference.
And in our family we don't eat iceberg lettuce,
we only eat the dark leafy vegetables, yes.
I'm gonna leave you with a bit of advice
that I personally use every single day.
You eat berries every day, don't you?
Every day, every day. Every day.
And I nicknamed them brain berries.
Because the number one complaint people have,
is cognitive dysfunction, right?
That "I'm just not as quick as--"
How many of you feel that way, right?
You're not as quick as you used to be, right?
And it's not just because you're gettin' a little older,
'cause you're not supposed to lose that cognitive function
for a long long time, if ever.
And there are plenty of 100-year-olds
who are like this. (snaps fingers)
My dad's 93, sharp as a tack,
and he's not the epitome of health
but this is something he does.
This farmer's stand we just walked through
could literally be your diet, won't be all you eat,
but make this part of every single day of your life,
and you'll back your way into health,
you don't think about it! (audience applause)
Less than 10% of Americans
eat a balanced enough diet to avoid a multi-vitamin,
in my opinion. Wow.
So I think we can do better.
Take advantage of it, it's right there!
This is a time of year to do it.
(audience applause) Eat colors.
Eat the rainbow!
So, you guys are back now for a new season.
What season are you on?
It's our tenth season.
Wow, double digits!
I remember starting, and I idolized you so much.
You know, 'cause at the hospital we're not sitting there
watching television for a full hour.
Whenever I was walking, making rounds,
all of my patients were glued to Rachel Ray.
You know what I love about Dr. Oz is
he never makes it sound like he's giving you advice.
He doesn't make you feel like you're at a doctor.
Everything is very relatable,
and that's what I love about you,
is that you make everything accessible.
You are gonna break it down and give people,
make it more digestible, right?
Just, get to the truth of it. (audience applause)
Pardon the pun, "digestible"!
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