Tuesday, July 16, 2013

All You Need to Know About Vegetables

By Sienna Nalin


Some of us may not be fans of vegetables; I admit I do not like them (I give exceptions to carrots and pickles). The thing is as much as some of may not like them; we need them for our bodies to function properly. Without vegetables we are not getting the vitamins and so forth that we need. Without all these things our bodies need from vegetables our body is not able to cleanse itself. Here is a nutrition analysis of vegetables!

What are the health benefits of vegetables? Vegetables, like fruits, are low in fat but contain good amounts of vitamins and minerals. All the Green-Yellow-Orange vegetables are rich sources of calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, beta-carotene, vitamin B-complex, vitamin-C, vitamin A, and vitamin K.

Vegetables along with fruits can help with many things, but the important things that vegetables can do for you is fight disease and cancer. Vegetables boost your immune system so that it can fight diseases that do attack your body.

Additionally, vegetables are packed with soluble as well as insoluble dietary fiber known as non-starch polysaccharides (NSP) such as cellulose, mucilage, hemi-cellulose, gums, pectin...etc. These substances absorb excess water in the colon, retain a good amount of moisture in the fecal matter, and help its smooth passage out of the body. Thus, sufficient fiber offers protection from conditions like hemorrhoids, colon cancer, chronic constipation, and rectal fissures.

Vegetables are very important, and many see that from the fitness world to doctors. The nutrition that you can get from vegetables is amazing and much needed.

Since vegetables are low in calories, you can actually lose weight by introducing a lot of vegetables into your diet. The fact that you are eating fewer calories and some are negative in calories; you are producing a better you.

...More information at Vegetable nutrition facts

As you have read, vegetables are your friends and something that you should really be eating a lot of so that you can become healthy and stay healthy. Vegetables have too many benefits for you not to add more of them in your diet.




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