Returning to the Roots of Natural Healing

The Rainbow Program is non-numerical nutrition and is not focused on numerical values such as calories, grams of protein or individual vitamins, but instead encourages people to eat one serving of each color each day to obtain all the necessary nutrients.

The foods listed are whole foods: grains, legumes, vegetables, fruits, seeds and nuts, and these can be consumed without fear of gaining weight. These coloured foods should be selected in place of the refined white foods that predominate in our culture, such as refined sugar and white flours, with the intention that the client or patient choose within each colour category, and have the option to make a healthier choice on the white colour. If sugar or white flour is eaten, the program encourages the person to eat an entire rotation of the other colours to balance it out.

This food program and its focus an antioxidant-rich foods is ideal for patients wanting to recover from cancer, but particularly auto-immune disorders. It includes the research of Emily Isaacson and cutting edge information about cellular communication by including foods that contain essential saccharides. These are found in some very specific foods and modulate immune function.

There are many different forms of healing available, but there is also a common language between them. The Rainbow Program provides this common language with a program that crosses language and cultural barriers, providing nutrition and healing principles that apply to anyone regardless of their disease or condition. It gives the possibility of healing the mental, physical and spiritual person, by providing an intuitive dimension to holistic nutrition.  

Red: ground turkey, wild salmon, buffalo meat, lamb; cherries, pomegranate, cranberries, apples, tomatoes, tomato sauce, beets, watermelon, strawberries, raspberries, salmonberries, red potatoes, rhubarb.

Orange: orange and brown lentils, beans, aduki beans, black-eyed peas, split peas, carrots, yams, squash, oranges, citrus, peaches, nectarines, apricots, canteloupe, papaya, mangoes.

Yellow: macadamia nuts, cashew, walnuts, pistachios, hazelnut, or almonds, nut butters; sesame butter, sunflower seed butter; extra-virgin olive oil, butter, quinoa, corn, flax seed oil, lecithin, hemp seed oil, pineapple, bananas.

Green:  green beans, broccoli, sprouts, spinach, salad greens, romaine, beet green, artichoke, kale, bok choy, cucumbers, avocado, avocado oil, pumpkin seeds, pumpkin seed butter, pumpkin seed oil, limes, green apples, honeydew melon.

Blue: blueberries, bilberries, blue corn chips, blue maize, plums, prunes.

Purple: grapes, grape juice, raisins, eggplant, purple cabbage, purple onions, purple carrots, purple peppers, blackberries, black currants, elderberries.

Brown: whole wheat, sprouted grains, barley, spelt, kamut, amaranth, teff, oats, brown rice, buckwheat, rye, unsweetened hot and cold cereal, sourdough bread, all types of whole grain pasta, mushrooms.

Black: blackstrap molasses, wild rice, figs, poppy seeds, black Panda licorice, black beans, black olives, balsamic vinegar, pepper.

White: goat milk, cow milk and cheeses, yogurt, almond and soy cheese; sesame seeds, tahini; almond, oat, coconut, rice or soy milk; whey protein powder, soy protein powder, chicken, white fish, millet, tofu, coconut and coconut butter, cauliflower, turnip, onion, leek, garlic, shallot, potato, jicama, cassava root, cassava flour, coconut flour, almond flour.

Clear: psyllium, gelatin, breast milk, xanthan gum, guar gum, carageenan gum, rice bran, oat bran, tapioca flour, sushi, nori, kelp, sea vegetables.

Pink: grapefruit, shellfish, herbal teas, salad dressing, homemade food.

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Eat one food from each colour group each day; this is one rotation.

For more nutrients, and increased energy needs, consume two or more rotations.

                        ©  2005-25  Emily Isaacson, Nutritionist. www.rainbowprogram.ca

I want you to think in a new way about food.

Imagine that every food you put in your mouth is nourishing, healthy and healing: it is non-stressful because it is a whole food from the following list.

The foods I have chosen for you to eat are life-giving and are eaten in the way they are grown without added fat, sugar, white-flour or additives.

You will find these foods in the produce section, in the bulk foods section, and around the circumference of the grocery store.

The foods you eat should contain all the vitamins and minerals you need to absorb and use them for energy. When we eat junk foods with sugar and white flour, candy and pop, our energy is sapped, and our vitamins are used up.

Buy food in its whole natural state, as it was grown—such as fruits and vegetables, grains and legumes, nuts and seeds. Cook whole food lightly, using fresh herbs and spices, with cold pressed oils such as olive to enhance the flavor.

Read the list of whole foods and decide what to purchase based on your taste and what is available. The more whole foods you try, the more you will become accustomed to cooking and preparing them, and your health will blossom: you will lose weight, look vibrant, and have more energy to exercise. 

Your diet will be naturally high in vitamins and minerals needed for stress, and will be high in fiber if you select from these foods and follow this list. This is not a diet! This is a new way of eating that you can follow for your lifetime. It will help you maintain a healthy weight, and have energy to exercise. Select a food from each colour group on a daily basis, to get all the vitamins, minerals, enzymes and antioxidants needed for a strong constitution.