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Celery
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PRECIOUS
VEGETABLES
7 UNDERRATED VEGETABLES
WITH EXTRAORDINARY HEALTH BENEFITS
Eat your vegetables!
Your grandmother probably told you the same thing you tell
your own grandchildren: Eat your vegetables; they’re good for
you. And there are always certain veggies we focus on—leafy
greens like spinach, broccoli, and the like. But scientific research
shows that some veggies that we all write off (celery and mushrooms,
anyone?) are actually nutritional all-stars, too. Read on to learn about the
nutritional power—from helping reduce the risk of cancer to boosting your
immune system—of these seemingly ordinary vegetables.
Mushrooms
2One of nature’s most powerful tools for fighting
breast cancer may already be sitting in your
refrigerator. Mushrooms—from humble, button
mushrooms to more exotic shitakes—have been shown
to improve the body’s immune system and reduce risk
of colon, stomach, and prostate cancer. In one study,
eating mushrooms cut the risk of Chinese women getting
breast cancer by 64%.
Mushrooms also contain vitamin D and long-chain
polysaccharides that can help boost your immune
system to help you fight the common cold. To access
all the nutritional goodness of mushrooms, be sure to
cook them, rather than eat them raw.
If you associate celery with diets, or think the stalks are
nothing more than sturdy swizzle sticks for your Bloody
Mary, think again. Evidence suggests there’s a world of
health benefits in every crunch. Dieters count on celery
because it’s low in calories—only 10 calories in a large
stalk—but it also delivers phthalides, which are thought
to act as a natural diuretic. Those same phtalides support
the circulatory system, and can help to reduce high blood
pressure.
But the best reason to add celery to the grocery list: it just
might rev up your sex life. According to Alan Hirsch, M.D.,
Director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research
Foundation, celery contains pheromones, airborne sex
chemicals, that are released when you chew on a stalk of
the green stuff. It’s rumored that Casanova ate celery every
day to keep his libido strong and if it worked for
Casanova, we say pass the crudite.
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