Lycopene, found in tomatoes, helps to prevent prostate cancer. Alpha and beta carotenes that occur in orange vegetables and fruits such as carrots, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, squash, and cantaloupe ward off lung cancer. Zeaxanthin, which is found in egg yolks, spinach, and corn protects vision. Another pigment which has been found to preserve eyesight is lutein which occurs in green leafy vegetables such as kale, spinach, and collard greens. They eat lot of colorful fruits and berries from tropical trees, young green leafy shoots, tree bark, tubers etc.
Birds often fly great distances to search out seasonal fruits.
Gut contents from birds caught in the wild show that they eat a large variety of such foodstuffs. I guarantee you there are no pellet trees in the wild. Processed food has all the life oxidized, ground, heated, pressurized, and extruded out of it. By far, the best way to take in pigments is through whole foods, not supplements. People who rely on supplements miss out from the synergistic effects between the nutrients in the foods.