Health Foods

10 Most Nutritious Vegetables

Vegetables are some of nature’s most nutritious foods.

Here are some of the top most nutritious ones.

“Eat your vegetables!”

Growing up as a picky eater, I can still vividly remember that line during meal time. My mom would not let me leave the dining table until the vegetables she put on my plate will ‘disappear’.

I can’t remember when exactly I started to like eating vegetables. All I know is that I have become a huge fan of them today.

Yes, mom had every right to be strict in teaching me to love veggies because they are some of nature’s top most nutritious foods.

Carrots

A cup of raw carrots contains a whopping 34317 IU of vitamin A, making it the richest vegetable source of pro-vitamin A carotenes, a phytonutrient which has shown to help protect vision and is associated with reduced risk of heart disease and certain types of cancers. This orange root crop is also a very good source of vitamins C and K, dietary fiber and potassium and a good source of B complex, manganese, molebdenum, phosphorus, magnesium and folate.

Sweet Potatoes

A cup of baked sweet potatoes with skin is an excellent source of vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene as it contains 13107 IU of this powerful antioxidant.  It is also a very good source of manganese and vitamin C and a good source of vitamin B6 and the minerals copper, fiber, potassium and iron. Purple-fleshed sweet potatoes are rich in anthocyanins and have the highest antioxidant activity among sweet potato varieties.

Tomatoes

Tomatoes are bursting with more than 20 vitamins and minerals.