Vegetables
Fresh vegetables promise us a good state of health, as they provide substances that protect us from all kinds of illnesses, ensuring our bodies function correctly. People who eat fruit and vegetables as part of their daily diet have a reduced risk of many chronic diseases.
Vegetables are important part of healthy eating and provide a source o...
Fresh vegetables promise us a good state of health, as they provide substances that protect us from all kinds of illnesses, ensuring our bodies function correctly. People who eat fruit and vegetables as part of their daily diet have a reduced risk of many chronic diseases.
Vegetables are important part of healthy eating and provide a source of many nutrients, including potassium, fiber, folate (folic acid) and vitamins A, E and C.
- Eating a diet rich in vegetables as part of an overall healthy diet may reduce risk for heart disease, including heart attack and stroke.
- Eating a diet rich in some vegetables as part of an overall healthy diet may protect against certain types of cancers.
- Diets rich in foods containing fiber, such as some vegetables, may reduce the risk of heart disease, obesity, and type 2 diabetes.
- Eating vegetables rich in potassium as part of an overall healthy diet may lower blood pressure, and may also reduce the risk of developing kidney stones and help to decrease bone loss.
- Eating foods such as vegetables that are lower in calories per cup instead of some other higher-calorie food may be useful in helping to lower calorie intake.
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TOMATOES
Spherical or cylindrical in form according to the variety, its size varies.
Tomatoes consist of a very rich nutritional composition which varies in accordance with its point of maturity. When still green or yellow, they are very rich in beta-carotenes and when mature with a redder colour, they possess a high content of lycopene.
They have antioxidant properties, help to maintain good vision and boost the immune system.
CUCUMBERS
Cucumber of lighter or darker shades of green depending on the variety has a cylindrical shape and is about 25 to 40 centimetres long with a white and watery pulp. A very refreshing and thirst-quenching product with a high water content.
A strong and purifying diuretic, it is ideal for weight loss diets due to its high water content, and is one of the vegetables with the fewest calories.
It also an alkaline-forming food, which acts against the acidity formed in the body by stress or poor diet.
COURGETTES
Cylindrical or rounded in shape, dark green or yellow colour, courgettes are vegetables with white flesh which is juicy, firm and very tender.
They are a very good option for delicate stomachs and when watching one’s waistline. They are also low in calories and rich in mucilage (a form of fibre which relieves and reduces inflammation in the digestive system mucus by encouraging digestion). When raw, they are very rich in folic acid, a vitamin which contains different benefits for health, particularly for pregnant women.
AUBERGINES
Aubergine is a long or round fruit with a smooth, shiny skin of different colours: white, black, yellow or red, although violet or purple is the most common. Depending on the variety, the pulp inside is white or green with soft seeds.
It has three very beneficial properties for the health: it is a pure antioxidant, it is a diuretic and it is purifying thanks to its high fibre content, which stimulates good liver function.
PEPPERS
Peppers for consumption are mainly green, yellow or red. As each pigment has its own distinct properties, each pepper possesses a different health benefit.
Coming in various shapes and sizes depending on the individual variety, their insides have large cavities with a cone-shaped core which houses the seeds.
Low in calorie content and with high antioxidant power, they are rich in vitamin C and minerals such as calcium, phosphorous and potassium.