Adding color to your diet can help in a variety of ways. The first of course is adding additional nutrients and vitamins that you might normally not receive in your average daily diet.

Consider adding fruits and berries of the blue and red varieties. Blueberries for example are high in antioxidants, which are reported to have a cholesterol lowering impact, and they make just about everything very flavorful and naturally sweet. When adding blueberries to your recipes, make sure you drain and dry them well, unless you are looking for that blue food look, that children sometimes enjoy.

You can add berries to your morning cereal, sprinkled on your salad, or baked into your muffins add color and flavor.

Another favorite of mine is cranberries. Sweetened dried cranberries are very much raisins, but have a higher level of antioxidants than raisins, and taste better in my opinion. Don't use too many of these guys though, they are a great source of fiber and contain no fats, but they are also sweetened with sugar or corn syrup (more sugar).

One of the nice things about snacking on berries and fruit, is that no matter which varieties you like to eat, especially if you get a lot of variety, is that they are filling due to the higher fiber content, have no artificial or refined sugars, both of which will curb your appetite and keep you feeling full longer. This is good because it keeps us from stuffing our faces with things we shouldn't eat, which tend to increase our sugar and fat intake, resulting in higher cholesterol and higher obesity.

My favorite part about dried berries, is that you can keep them at work, without refrigeration, and can snack on them at your desk without making a huge mess.

Go find some colorful berries and snack on them if you can, instead of pulling up a bag of potato chips, your body will thank you, and your cholesterol will go down.