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June 20, 2017

Eat Your Veggies! Delicious Benefits from Vegetables

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Nutrients in your garden and produce sectioncut assorted vegetables

 There are so many benefits to eating vegetables. Not only do the various colours help make our plate beautiful, there are fabulous health benefits. Check out this list below for some of the good things your favourite vegetables can do for you, and maybe even consider trying a new-to-you option this week!

Root Vegetables (carrots, potatoes, beets, sweet potatoes, yams, turnips, parsnips etc.)

  • Potassium, fibre, vitamin C, carbohydrates
  • Orange, yellow, and red roots have high concentrations of beta carotene and other antioxidants associated with a decrease in cancer and heart disease.

Allium vegetables (onion, garlic)

  • Organosulfur compounds (allylic sulfides) inhibit blood clotting, reduce blood cholesterol levels, and lower the risk of some cancers.
  • Vitamin C, potassium, and trace minerals.

Cruciferous veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, radishes, turnips etc.)

  • Carotenoids – cancer preventative compound found in deep green and red varieties
  • Vitamin C, magnesium, potassium, vitamin K, fibre
  • Indoles – lower cholesterol levels and protect against cancer – especially breast cancer

Squash (zucchini, yellow/acorn/spaghetti/butternut, pumpkin)

  • Deep yellow and orange varieties like pumpkin, butternut, and acorn squash are rich in carotenoids.
  • Potassium, B-vitamins, vitamin C, folic acid, fibre, and carbohydrates.assorted sweet peppers

Peppers (sweet bell peppers and hot peppers)

  • Vitamin C, minerals, fibre
  • Red and green peppers contain carotenoids
  • Hot peppers contain capsaicin – lowers cholesterol etc.
  • In general the riper (redder) varieties are higher in nutrients than the unripe (greener) varieties.

Greens (Romaine Lettuce, leaf lettuce, spinach, kale, arugula, dandelion greens etc.)

  • The deeper the green the better nutrient density!
  • Beta-carotene, fibre, calcium, iron, vitamin C, vitamin K
  • Folic acid – reduces the risk of heart disease and neural tube birth defects
  • Spinach is high in lutein – slows macular degeneration of the eye

 

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