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This is the healthiest vegetable of all, according to CDC: ‘Nutrient powerhouse’
NY Post ^ | November 13, 2024 | Angelica Stabile

Posted on 11/13/2024 11:12:37 AM PST by Red Badger

When it comes to healthy eating, veggies are always a good choice — but one takes the cake for being the healthiest.

Watercress is the most nutrient-dense vegetable, receiving a perfect score of 100 in the CDC’s long-standing ranking of “powerhouse” fruits and vegetables (PFVs).

Chinese cabbage is a close second with a score of 91.99, followed by chard (89.27), beet greens (87.08) and spinach (86.43).

These foods, among a total of 41 that qualified as PFVs, were found to contain 17 nutrients, including potassium, fiber, protein, calcium, iron, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, folate, zinc, and vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, E and K.

Cruciferous items, including watercress, Chinese cabbage, collard greens, kale and arugula — as well as leafy greens, like chard, beet greens, spinach, chicory and leaf lettuce — took the top spots on the list.

Yellow and orange foods, like carrots, tomatoes, winter squash and sweet potatoes — along with allium, citrus and berry croups — landed in the bottom half.

When it comes to the top veggie, watercress, nutritionists agree that it has a multitude of health benefits.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Gardening; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cdc; chard; chinesecabbage; collardgreens; collards; cruciferous; greens; healthlinks; kale; veggies; watercress
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1 posted on 11/13/2024 11:12:37 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

PING!....................


2 posted on 11/13/2024 11:13:02 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

So Kale is out?


3 posted on 11/13/2024 11:16:36 AM PST by Words Matter
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To: Red Badger

True Christians would not be upset. They know the devil is sneaky like that.


4 posted on 11/13/2024 11:17:03 AM PST by chuckb87
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To: Words Matter
Cruciferous items, including watercress, Chinese cabbage, collard greens, kale and arugula — as well as leafy greens, like chard, beet greens, spinach, chicory and leaf lettuce — took the top spots on the list.
5 posted on 11/13/2024 11:19:16 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

“Veggies”???

Is the author incapable of writing/speaking like an adult?


6 posted on 11/13/2024 11:19:18 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: Red Badger
Watercress100.00
Chinese cabbage91.99
Chard89.27
Beet green87.08
Spinach86.43
Chicory73.36
Leaf lettuce70.73
Parsley65.59
Romaine lettuce63.48
Collard green62.49
Turnip green62.12
Mustard green61.39
Endive60.44
Chive54.80
Kale49.07
Dandelion green46.34

https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/13_0390.htm#Results

7 posted on 11/13/2024 11:19:22 AM PST by Pollard
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To: chuckb87

?..................


8 posted on 11/13/2024 11:19:38 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Now if the migrant pickers of watercress could poop in a toilet instead of near the bog grown watercress, I would enjoy it. Especially since it’s a raw eat, mostly unwashable crop. It’s ridiculously difficult to cultivate in a home garden environment.


9 posted on 11/13/2024 11:19:40 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Red Badger

Watercress? Yummmm. I’ll garnish my porterhouse with it.


10 posted on 11/13/2024 11:19:52 AM PST by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: Red Badger

Call Any Vegetable
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhDXbElN1oY


11 posted on 11/13/2024 11:20:00 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Watercress is one of the seeds you can grow in the kitchen as sprouts/microgreens.


12 posted on 11/13/2024 11:20:20 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Red Badger

Wow I had no idea watercress had a lot of nutrients.


13 posted on 11/13/2024 11:20:26 AM PST by pollywog (" O thou who changest not....ABIDE with me")
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To: Red Badger

and if it contains bugs... bonus.

my food eats this so i am covered.


14 posted on 11/13/2024 11:20:27 AM PST by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: Red Badger

Will include this weekend...


15 posted on 11/13/2024 11:20:27 AM PST by Words Matter
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To: Red Badger

Now Swiss Chard could grow abundantly just about anywhere. Tolerates tightly packed close quarters too.


16 posted on 11/13/2024 11:21:40 AM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Red Badger

Stinging nettle should be on the list.


17 posted on 11/13/2024 11:22:15 AM PST by SpaceBar
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To: Red Badger

If this is coming from the CDC, I will regard watercress as highly toxic and avoid it at all costs.


18 posted on 11/13/2024 11:22:23 AM PST by Joe 6-pack
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To: Red Badger

I’m going to celebrate with a huge watercress salad...NOT!

I can’t remember the last time I ate watercress. It might be never.


19 posted on 11/13/2024 11:22:54 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (“President Trump sells out Madison Square Garden -- Kamala sells out America”)
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To: Red Badger

If the CDC says it’s good then it probably causes cancer and autism.


20 posted on 11/13/2024 11:23:39 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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