"Rat Olympics" produced a ridiculously amusing image in my head, but its probably far less amusing on the ground level there... All of this advice seems so sound to me: "Eat the rainbow", almost to an evolutionary tactic in my my mind, yes, as sun shades for the palette, as intuitive as why we think waste smells bad -- cuz you're not supposed to eat it! I've been scouring around for info on the reds, and lycopene in particular. Here's a link to a site that has some of the more solid info I've seen, largely focused on tomatoes and their goodness, may be of help to others out there:

http://tinyurl.com/6a3o23

anyone else with more to add on ?