Wednesday, 29 May 2013

POTATO (COOKED WITHOUT SKIN)

  •  Potato is a starchy, tuberous crop.
  • It's the world's 4th largest crop.
  • They were domesticated 7000 - 10,000 years ago.
  • There are over a 1000 verities in potatoes.
  • China is the largest potato producing  country in the world.
  • The English word "Potato" comes from Spanish "Patata".
  • 100g of Potato contains 7.8g of Sugar, 10mcgs of Beta-carotene and 80mcgs of Lutein+zeazanthin.  
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They also contain verity of  phytochemicals that have antioxidant activity.
It contains Patatin, a unique tubular Protein which exhibit activity against free radicals.
 

Friday, 24 May 2013

PARSNIPS (COOKED)

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Sunday, 19 May 2013

PARSNIPS (RAW)

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 Parsnips are closely related to carrot family of vegetables; grown for their sweet, succulent underground taproots. Parsnips are very rich in Dietary Fiber, It will help to reduce Blood Cholesterol, Obesity and Constipation. It contains many Poly-acetylene anti-oxidants (Phytochemical) such as falcarinol, falcarindiol, panaxydiol and methyl-falcarindiol.

Wednesday, 15 May 2013

ONION (RAW)

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Onion contains a good quantity of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin B6 and Vitamin C