Why you should consume more Vegetables
To be healthy you must make a combination in the diet a considerable amount of fruit and vegetables may be combined with fish, vegetables, cereals and meat and you get the balanced diet that is much needed these days. Here are some tricks and tips to consider:
Vitamins: the main source of vitamin A and C, vitamin A is related to yellow or red and vitamin C to green leaves vegetables.
Vegetables rich in vitamin A include tomatoes, carrots, red peppers, spinach, lettuce and chard.
Vegetables rich in vitamin C include peppers, parsley, spinach, cauliflower, chard, zucchini, cabbage, lettuce and tomato.
Vitamin B9 or folic acid are found in the leaves of plants. Lemon juice or vinegar added to the vegetables favors their vitamins, but the bicarbonate works to the destruction of vitamins.
Minerals: the vegetables are rich in magnesium because they have chlorophyll. Most have a lot of potassium, calcium and low in sodium (except celery).
The tomato, spinach and Swiss chard are rich in iron. But in meat, the iron is in a form that is very complex absorbed by the body. Oxalic acid in spinach have that makes it difficult the absorption of iron and calcium.
Fiber: vegetables are rich in fiber are regulating bowel movement and prevent constipation, as well as prevent colon cancer.
Water: the 90-96% of the vegetables is water that is why the calories they provide are limited.
