The ABC List Of The Healthiest Vegetables: E for Eggplant and Endive
Healthiest Foods On Earth: Vegetable Series Beginning With The Letter E
The ABC List Of The Healthiest Vegetables: E for Eggplant and Endive. Today’s post of the ABC List Of Healthiest Vegetables include Eggplant with its power of purple – and Endive which is packed with calcium, iron, vitamin K and more. Keep reading
The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth Series, vegetables that begin with the letter E and are packed with nutrients, vitamins and antioxidants – all of which are great for your health. This series is based on the book by Jonny Bowden and is a recipe for healthy living that hopefully everyone will take to heart like I have. The 150 Healthiest Foods On Earth Series has been divided into food groups with this post being all about the vegetables – a veggie that begin with the letter E. You’ll be amazed at how eating the right foods is just like having a pharmacy in your fridge and pantry.
If you missed any of the previous vegetables, read up on them here at the ABC LIST OF THE HEALTHIEST FOODS. Enjoy 😉
EGGPLANT
The power of purple – it’s from a substance called nasunin (a member of the anthocyanin catagory). Nasunin is a powerful antioxidant that literally eats up free radicals (rogue molecules in your body that can cause serious damage to your cells and your DNA) which are partially responsible for aging. Nasunin protects against lipid peroxidation – which means it helps keep fats from turning rancid, including the fats in your body (like LDL cholesterol). Studies have shown that anthocyanins are highly protective of brain tissue, and other studies have shown that nasunin binds to iron.
1 cup of eggplant has 2.5 g of fiber, plus its only 35 calories. Slice up an eggplant in a salad, and you’ll add 18 g of fiber, 1,200 mg of potassium, niacin, folate, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and phytosterols.
ENDIVE
Two cups of endive is only 8 calories. It has 26mg of calcium, 1/2 mg of iron, 157 mg of potassium, 71 meg of folate, more than 1,000 IU’s of vitamin A (650 of beta-carotene), and 115 mg of vitamin K.
Toss them with some walnuts and sliced pears and maybe with some blue cheese and olives. Add some olive oil to the mix.
So get your health on today – try packing these two vegetables into your meals and see how great you feel. What have you got to lose? Enjoy 🙂