Vegetable Nutrition Facts

By Sienna Nalin


Some people may not be a big fan of vegetables just because junk food tastes good. I can even vouch for that, but junk food is not good for you at all. We need vegetables in our diets so that our bodies can get all the vegetables and minerals that it needs. There are ways to make vegetables taste delicious.

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.

As in fruits, vegetables too are home for many antioxidants that; firstly, help protect the human body from oxidant stress, diseases and cancers, and secondly; help the body develop the capacity to fight against these by boosting immunity.

To go a little further as far as how vegetables can help cleanse ones system; there are soluble fibers in vegetables that absorb water so that everything you eat can exit your body with ease. These fibers help to stop constipation, hemorrhoids, rectal fissures and colon cancer.

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.

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By adding more vegetables to your diet you are setting yourself up to become healthier, and even lose weight. These are two great benefits that in the long run produce good results for other aspects of your life.




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