Healthy Tummy

12/04/2024

The carrot (Daucus carota) is a root vegetable often claimed to be the perfect health food.

It is crunchy, tasty, and highly nutritious. Carrots are a particularly good source of beta carotene, fiber, vitamin K1, potassium, and antioxidants (1Trusted Source).

They also have a number of health benefits. They’re a weight-loss-friendly food and have been linked to lower cholesterol levels and improved eye health.

What’s more, their carotene antioxidants have been linked to a reduced risk of cancer.

Carrots are found in many colors, including yellow, white, orange, red, and purple.

Orange carrots get their bright color from beta carotene, an antioxidant that your body converts into vitamin A.

Adda Bjarnadottir (April 4, 2023)
"Carrots 101: Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits"

The carrot is a root vegetable that is often claimed to be the perfect health food. It is highly nutritious, and loaded with fiber and antioxidants.

25/03/2024

All that water in cucumbers can help keep you hydrated. Plus, the fiber boost they give you helps you stay regular and avoid constipation.

The vitamin K helps blood clot and keep your bones healthy. Vitamin A has many jobs, like helping with vision, the immune system, and reproduction. It also makes sure organs like your heart, lungs, and kidneys work the way they should.

The lignans may help prevent osteoporosis, heart disease, and some cancers.

Antioxidants such as beta carotene in cucumbers can help fight free radicals in your body, unpaired electrons that damage cells and can lead to disease.

Cucumbers may also have health benefits outside your body. Putting them on your skin may help ease sunburn pain, swelling, and damaged skin. That's why people sometimes put a slice or two under their eyes, hoping to shrink bags and ease puffiness.

Mary Jo DiLonardo(23, September 22),
"Cucumber"
https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/cucumber-health-benefits

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22/03/2024

Years of nutritional research show that lettuce can play a big role in improving our health. Eating salads, in particular, can have tremendous health benefits for a number of reasons primarily because salads get people to eat more vegetables – something we should all be doing more of.

"Lettuce Nutrition"
Accessed March 22, 2024
https://lettuceinfo.org/lettuce-nutrition/

20/03/2024

“Turn your food into medicine and you won’t need medicines anymore.”