Wednesday, June 30, 2010

The New Fruit and Veggie Swap..

The five best fruits and vegetables to eat: 1. Sweet potatoes instead of carrots 2. Papaya instead of oranges 3. Raspberries instead of strawberries 4. Watercress instead of mustard 5. Kale instead of spinach Why switch? • Sweet potatoes have nearly twice as much beta-carotene as carrots. • Papaya has 15 times more beta-cryptoxanthin than oranges. • Raspberries have three times more ellagic acid than strawberries. • One cup of watercress contains as much isothiocyanate as four teaspoonfuls of mustard. • Kale has three times more lutein/zeaxanthin than spinach. The findings were presented at the Experimental Biology conference in Anaheim, California.

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