The veggies and fruits that do the best job in reducing the health risk for many chronic diseases are dark green leafy vegetables , yellow, orange, citrus, and cruciferous, thinking about color to pack nutritious power in your diet :
- White: Eat cauliflower more often than potatoes, onions and mushrooms
- Green: Add more dark lettuces, such as romaine and red leaf lettuce, spinach, broccoli and Brussels sprouts to replace iceberg lettuce and green beans
- Yellow-orange: Substitute more carrots, winter squashes, sweet potatoes, cantaloupe, oranges and grapefruit for corn or bananas
- Red: Select tomatoes, red peppers and strawberries in favor of apples.
Here is a list depicting vegetables containing vitamins:
Vitamin A: sweet potato, kale, carrots, spinach, avocado, broccoli, peas, asparagus and green pepper
Vitamin B1 (thiamine): peas and avocado
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin): avocado
Vitamin B3 (niacin): avocado, peas, potatoes, mushrooms, corn, artichoke, asparagus, lima beans, sweet potato, kale, broccoli, carrots and green pepper.
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid): avocado, sweet potato, potatoes, corn, lima beans, artichoke, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots
Vitamin B6 (pryidoxine): avocado, peas, potatoes and carrots
Vitamin B9 (folate/folic acid): lima beans, asparagus, avocado, peas, artichoke, spinach, broccoli, corn, sweet potato, kale, potatoes, carrots, onions and green pepper
Vitamin C: artichoke, asparagus, avocado, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, corn, cucumber, green pepper, kale, lima beans, mushrooms, onions, peas, potatoes, spinach and sweet potato
Vitamin D: mushrooms
Vitamin E: none
Vitamin K: Vitamin K is found in significant quantities in leafy vegetables like broccoli, spinach and kale
Vitamin A: sweet potato, kale, carrots, spinach, avocado, broccoli, peas, asparagus and green pepper
Vitamin B1 (thiamine): peas and avocado
Vitamin B2 (riboflavin): avocado
Vitamin B3 (niacin): avocado, peas, potatoes, mushrooms, corn, artichoke, asparagus, lima beans, sweet potato, kale, broccoli, carrots and green pepper.
Vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid): avocado, sweet potato, potatoes, corn, lima beans, artichoke, mushrooms, broccoli, cauliflower and carrots
Vitamin B6 (pryidoxine): avocado, peas, potatoes and carrots
Vitamin B9 (folate/folic acid): lima beans, asparagus, avocado, peas, artichoke, spinach, broccoli, corn, sweet potato, kale, potatoes, carrots, onions and green pepper
Vitamin C: artichoke, asparagus, avocado, broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, corn, cucumber, green pepper, kale, lima beans, mushrooms, onions, peas, potatoes, spinach and sweet potato
Vitamin D: mushrooms
Vitamin E: none
Vitamin K: Vitamin K is found in significant quantities in leafy vegetables like broccoli, spinach and kale
Tabular column includes few more details :
Item | Serving | Fat | Fiber | Prot. | Carb. | Sod. |
Asparagus | 3 med. spears | 0 | 1g | 1g | 2g | 1mg |
Beans, Kidney | 1 cup | 1.5 | 45g | 43g | 110g | 44mg |
Beans, Lima | 1 cup | 1g | 33g | 38g | 113g | 32mg |
Beans, Snap | 1 cup | 0 | 3.5g | 2g | 8g | 6.5mg |
Beans, Soy | 1 cup | 17g | 11g | 33g | 28g | 38mg |
Broccoli | 1 bunch | 2g | 18g | 18g | 32g | 164mg |
Brussels Sprouts | 1 sprout | 0 | 0.5g | 0.5g | 1.5g | 4.5mg |
Cabbage | 1 med | 2.5g | 21g | 13g | 49g | 163mg |
Carrot | 1 med. | 0 | 2g | 0.5g | 6g | 21mg |
Cauliflower | 1 med. | 1g | 14g | 11g | 30g | 172.5mg |
Cucumber | 1 med. | 0 | 2g | 2g | 8g | 6mg |
Garlic | 1 clove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1g | 0.5mg |
Mushrooms | 1 cup sliced | 0 | 1g | 1.5g | 3.2g | 2.8mg |
Onion | 1 med. | 0 | 2g | 1g | 9.5g | 3mg |
Peas | 1 cup | 0.5 | 7g | 8g | 21g | 7mg |
Potato | 1 med. | 0 | 2g | 2.5g | 22g | 7mg |
Radish | 1 med. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1mg |
Spinach | 1 bunch | 1 | 9g | 9.5g | 12g | 268.5mg |
Tomato | 1 med. | 0.5g | 1.5g | 1g | 5.5g | 11mg |
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