Mushrooms
Mushrooms have been used for thousands of years both as food and for medicinal purposes. They are often classified as a vegetable or an herb, but they are actually fungi. While there are over 14,000 mushrooms, only about 3,000 are edible, about 700 have known...
Lettuce
Lettuce is one of the most delicate salad plants in this world, which is grown as a leafy vegetable. The vegetable is usually consumed as cold and raw, in salads, hamburgers, tacos and a number of other dishes. Six different types of lettuce: Butterhead (Boston or...
Okra (Lady Finger) or Gumbo
Okra, also known as "lady finger" or "gumbo", is a highly nutritious green edible pod vegetable. Botanically, this perennial flowering plant belongs to the mallow family and named scientifically as Abelmoschus esculentus. Very low in calories, provides just 30 cal...
Kale or Borecole
Kale or borecole is rich in numerous health benefiting polyphenolic flavonoid compounds such as lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta-carotene, and vitamins than found in any other green leafy vegetables. Kale provides rich nutrition ingredients that offer protection from...
Cucumbers
There are two types of cucumbers: slicing cucumbers pickling cucumbers. The pickling varieties tend to be more smaller, thicker, and have bumpy skin with black-dotted spines. Cucumber is often regarded as a healthy food because it is low in calories and fat. Cucumber...
Nutrition Benefits of Eating Corn
Health benefits of corn include controlling diabetes, prevention of heart ailments, lowering hypertension and prevention of neural-tube defects at birth. It not only provides the necessary calories for daily metabolism, but is a rich source of vitamins A, B, E and...
Nutritional Benefits of Kidney Beans
Cancer Prevention -----Manganese, in which kidney beans are abundant, is one aspect of the antioxidant defense they provide. The crucial oxidative enzyme superoxide dismutase, responsible for disarming free radicals in mitochondria, needs manganese. On top of that,...
Eggplant
Did you know that Eggplant is an excellent source of dietary fiber. It’s a very good source of vitamins B1, B6 and potassium. It’s a good source of copper, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, niacin, and folic acid. Nasunin, an anthocyanin from eggplant peels, is a...
Cabbage
Cabbage is vegetable that usually added in soup, this food contents larges amount of Vitamin C, glutamine and amino acid. Actually, the health benefits of cabbage is very famous, but nevertheless this type of vegetables are rarely added to our daily menu. Cabbage is...
Cassava
Did you know Cassava also known as yucca or manioc is the third largest source of carbohydrates in the world and is a staple food for more than 500 million people. It is very rich in starch and contains significant amounts of calcium, dietary fiber, iron, manganese,...
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