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Nutrition and Broccoli Recipes: Vitamins Are Just the Beginning of this Super Food
12 May 2009 4:24 am
When was the last time you ate broccoli? When was the last time you got excited about eating broccoli? Well now’s the time to gorge on your greens! If the following facts about broccoli don’t get you excited to chow down, then hopefully Gordon Ramsey and the two recipes I’ve included will!
What makes Broccoli a super food?
To quote CNN.com, when it comes to nutritional content, “Broccoli is the mother lode!” After researching the following stats, broccoli has become much easier to swallow!
- Ounce per ounce broccoli has more vitamin C in it than oranges
- Broccoli contains more calcium than a glass of milk
- One medium spear has more fibre than a slice of wheat bran bread
- Out of all produce, broccoli is the highest source of vitamin A
- What catapults broccoli into the stratosphere of a super food is its cancer fighting properties, namely isothiocyanates .
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