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Vegetables
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Leafy & Cruciferous
- SpinachSpinach's real strengths are folate, vitamin K1 and lutein, not iron: its iron is harder to absorb than meat's, and the oxalate in the leaves binds…Vegetables · Leafy & Cruciferous5 stations
- BroccoliWhat makes broccoli special is an enzyme lock.Vegetables · Leafy & Cruciferous5 stations
- KaleThe most useful thing to know about kale is that it is very rich in vitamin K1, and the liver needs vitamin K to fit clotting factors with the parts…Vegetables · Leafy & Cruciferous5 stations
- KimchiKimchi's sourness and its long keeping both come from lactic acid bacteria.Vegetables · Leafy & Cruciferous7 stations
Roots, Tubers & Bulbs
- Sweet PotatoWhether sweet potato raises blood sugar fast depends mostly on how it is cooked: the same sweet potato raises it fast when roasted and slowly when…Vegetables · Roots, Tubers & Bulbs5 stations
- Pumpkin / Winter SquashThe orange in pumpkin is beta-carotene.Vegetables · Roots, Tubers & Bulbs5 stations
- CarrotThe orange in a carrot comes from beta-carotene.Vegetables · Roots, Tubers & Bulbs5 stations
- PotatoWhether a potato is good for you depends largely on what temperature does to its starch.Vegetables · Roots, Tubers & Bulbs4 stations
- GarlicGarlic's signature active molecule, allicin, forms only when you cut or crush it and breaks down easily with heat, and that decides how garlic should…Vegetables · Roots, Tubers & Bulbs6 stations
- OnionCutting an onion makes you cry because, once it is cut, a dedicated enzyme turns its sulfur compounds into a tear-inducing molecule.Vegetables · Roots, Tubers & Bulbs6 stations
Sea Vegetables
- Kelp (Kombu)Too much iodine disrupts the thyroid just as too little does, and kelp concentrates the iodine in seawater so strongly that one serving can far exceed…Vegetables · Sea Vegetables7 stations
- Nori (Laver)Nori is far lower in iodine than kelp, so it is a seaweed you can eat every day.Vegetables · Sea Vegetables7 stations
Fruiting
- Bitter MelonBitter melon is a good vegetable, but it is not a glucose-lowering drug.Vegetables · Fruiting5 stations
- Bell PepperThe riper a bell pepper, the more vitamin C and carotenoids it holds; and the bright red pigment of a red pepper dissolves only in fat, so it absorbs…Vegetables · Fruiting5 stations
- TomatoThe most useful thing to know about tomatoes: lycopene, the pigment that makes them red, is fat-soluble, so the body absorbs more of it when tomatoes…Vegetables · Fruiting4 stations
- Green BeansGreen beans contain a protein called phytohemagglutinin (PHA), a plant lectin.Vegetables · Fruiting8 stations
- Chili & Capsaicin · heat is not a flavor, it's an alarmHeat is not a flavor; it is pain.Vegetables · Fruiting6 stations