| What is the healthiest vegetable? Upon doing some | | | | broccoli. - It's an anti-microbial compound that also |
| research the other day, it certainly seems that very | | | | stimulates your cells to create cancer-fighting |
| few people can decide on exactly what the healthiest | | | | enzymes. |
| vegetable is. I found it amusing to see numerous | | | | 6. Carrots. Carrots are a fun and versatile vegetable |
| sources all citing something different, everything from | | | | that can be used in anything from a pot roast to a |
| onions to collard greens to swiss chard. While many | | | | party snack tray, making them a perfect vegetable for |
| people have varying opinions on the healthiest | | | | just about anything. They're a great place to get fiber |
| vegetable, there is one thing we can all agree on: They | | | | and vitamin K. Of course though, carrots are best |
| all have their great, health-producing benefits. Here | | | | known for helping out eyesight, and it's true, they |
| today we'll list ten vegetables that by adding to your | | | | contain beta-carotene. Our body converts |
| diet you can drastically improve your health! | | | | beta-carotene into vitamin A. Too little vitamin A can |
| 1. Collard Greens. Collard greens are a staple of every | | | | lead to bad vision, but fortunately it can be repaired by |
| good southern diet, used in plenty of different recipes | | | | introducing more of it back into your body, thus making |
| in a variety of ways. Tasty and pretty, this veggie has | | | | carrots the perfect food for your peepers! |
| been researched extensively in relation to fighting | | | | 7. Eggplants. Eggplants are not only good for you; |
| cancer. - Three of it's amazing nutrients, - sulforaphane, | | | | they're extremely low in calories, making them a great |
| selenium, and diindolymethane - have all been shown | | | | diet food. They're a great source of fiber, copper, |
| to have cancer fighting properties. It is also bursting | | | | Vitamin B1, and potassium. The skin of the eggplant |
| with vitamin E, calcium, and beta-carotene. | | | | also contains plenty of antioxidants, and studies have |
| 2. Onions. Onions are yet another vegetable bursting | | | | shown it can help reduce risks of heart-related medical |
| with nutritious qualities. There's a flavanoid (Antioxidant) | | | | problems. |
| in onions called quercetin, which just so happens to be | | | | 8. Spinach. While spinach's fame comes from its |
| the most active of all flavanoids. These antioxidants | | | | supposed "amazingly high" iron content, the truth is that |
| help your body to reduce the damaging effects of | | | | while spinach does have an above average amount |
| free radicals. Onions also are great for reducing | | | | of iron in it, it has many other nutritional benefits that |
| inflammation, as well as having anti-tumor qualities. | | | | are just as important if not more so. It has plenty of |
| 3. Red peppers. (Bell Peppers) Whether they are being | | | | magnesium, vitamin E, vitamin A and vitamin C, making |
| used as a colorful display on the dinner table or adding | | | | it a very nutritionally dense vegetable. It may not make |
| a perfect flavor to the food itself, these beautiful | | | | you as strong as Popeye, but it will definitely improve |
| peppers are known for their ability to add a certain | | | | your health! |
| zest to a meal. What most people don't know, | | | | 9. Celery. It is my belief that celery, more often than |
| however, is that they contain plenty of Vitamins C and | | | | not, is thought of as "rabbit food" or food you really |
| A, and because they are loaded with vitamin B6 and | | | | only eat when you're trying to lose weight as a |
| folic acid, they can seriously reduce your risk of | | | | substitute for more fattening snacks. While it is true, the |
| heart-related illnesses and stroke. But they don't stop | | | | calorie content of celery is incredibly low; it's actually |
| there - these sweet veggies have loads of | | | | quite surprising at just how nutritious this bright green |
| antioxidants, which make them another vegetable that | | | | vegetable really is! It's loaded up with potassium, |
| fight off the aging effects of free radicals. | | | | calcium, vitamins C and A, and magnesium! That's a lot |
| 4. Sweet Potatoes. First off, this vegetable comes to | | | | of great nutritional benefits, and there's so many fun |
| the table ready to battle those damaging free radicals | | | | ways it can be prepared, especially for snacking. |
| with nearly double your daily recommended amount of | | | | 10. Asparagus. Asparagus is one of the few |
| beta-carotene and vitamin C, both of which are | | | | vegetables loaded in vitamin E, making it great for skin |
| anti-oxidants. This is a wonderfully traditional food that | | | | health, and it also contains a lot of potassium, vitamin |
| can be served in numerous different forms to match | | | | B6, and fiber as well. Another really cool thing about |
| any given occasion, and at the same time offer | | | | asparagus is two antioxidants it has called "glutathione" |
| bountiful amounts of calcium, iron, fiber, and protein to | | | | and "rutin". Glutathione has been shown to have |
| keep you healthy and feeling great! | | | | cancer-fighting qualities, while rutin is great for |
| 5. Broccoli. What child doesn't like playing "giant" with | | | | strengthening the walls of your capillaries. |
| their broccoli, pretending like they're biting the heads off | | | | While there may be many differing opinions on which |
| of mini trees! (The children that'll eat broccoli, that is!) | | | | vegetable gets the title of "healthiest", there's no |
| But these vegetables are more than just fun to look at, | | | | dispute that all of them have their own amazing |
| they're bursting with vitamins C and A, as well as | | | | nutritional benefits. By adding these to your diet you'll |
| containing a compound called sulforaphane. | | | | be on the right track to becoming a healthier, happier |
| Sulforaphane is one of the coolest things about | | | | you. |