This is the healthiest vegetable of all, according to CDC: ‘Nutrient powerhouse’

NY Post ^ | November 13, 2024 | Angelica Stabile

[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.

[algore]

When it comes to trusting anything the CDC says.... meh

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Is there ANYTHING without an acronym? Powerhouse Fruits and Vegetables is PFV.

The CDC used that in 2014: "Defining Powerhouse Fruits and Vegetables: A Nutrient Density Approach" by Jennifer Di Noia, PhD.

[Red Badger]

😁.........................

[Jamestown1630]

‘Veggie’ has pretty much become a standard, informal noun now.

[NorthMountain]

That’s a damning indictment of American society.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

The full CDC list from best to worst. I'm surprised to see leaf lettuce so high and cauliflower and broccoli so low.

Item	Nutrient Density Score
Watercress	100
Chinese cabbage	91.99
Chard	89.27
Beet green	87.08
Spinach	86.43
Chicory	73.36
Leaf lettuce	70.73
Parsley	65.59
Romaine lettuce	63.48
Collard green	62.49
Turnip green	62.12
Mustard green	61.39
Endive	60.44
Chive	54.8
Kale	49.07
Dandelion green	46.34
Red pepper	41.26
Arugula	37.65
Broccoli	34.89
Pumpkin	33.82
Brussels sprout	32.23
Scallion	27.35
Kohlrabi	25.92
Cauliflower	25.13
Cabbage	24.51
Carrot	22.6
Tomato	20.37
Lemon	18.72
Iceberg lettuce	18.28
Strawberry	17.59
Radish	16.91
Winter squash (all varieties)	13.89
Orange	12.91
Lime	12.23
Grapefruit (pink and red)	11.64
Rutabaga	11.58
Turnip	11.43
Blackberry	11.39
Leek	10.69
Sweet potato	10.51
Grapefruit (white)	10.47

[SunkenCiv]

https://freerepublic.com/tag/watercress/index

[Red Badger]

I have never eaten watercress, don’t even know what it looks like..................

[lee martell]

Are you referring to something in this here article?

[wildcard_redneck]

Sorry, but if the despicable, lying CDC recommends watercress then I’m not eating it. Watercress probably is loaded with phytoestrogens and anti-erection compounds. Eat enough watercress and you will wake up in a bathhouse under a pile of faggots that tag-teamed you all night.

Mods, delete if you will but I will repost it.

[Red Badger]

[SpaceBar]

One possible explanation of the seeming disparity between lettuce and say broccoli is that these analyses are performed on a dry-weight basis, so you’d have to eat three heads of lettuce which is mostly water to equal the nutritional value of a small stem of broccoli.

[Robert DeLong]

Then I will probably stay away from them, because I have adopted the attitude that if CDC says this, then the opposite must be true.

It's a sad commentary of what the CDC has done to its own agency, after the Covid & vaccines lies they perpetuated upon the public.

[Jamestown1630]

A lot of words and expressions we consider ‘proper’ English words started out the same way, and over time they were accepted as standard, in some cases even universally - O.K., OK, Okay is understood now in most of the world.

And technology adds a lot of words - like ‘internet’, ‘selfie’, ‘phishing’, ‘ransomware’; the OED adds about a thousand new words a year...

[Red Badger]

No wonder Obama likes it so much!................

[Karliner]

I remember a lab partner in Anatomy way back, Vietnamese gal lived in Little Saigon. Was complaining about something called Cải xoong she said didn’t translate to English and was very expensive in the Vietnamese markets.

Anyway. I took her to Ralphs market and I think the price for watercress was way cheaper. Imagine her chagrin when she realized her fellow new American’s were scamming their own people.
Long story, but figured I’d share.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Good point.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

it’s green! Too much vitamin K for me as I am on warfarin.

[FamiliarFace]

That is true, but I won’t mind “veggie” as a substitute for “vegetable” if we can get rid of “could of went” instead of “could have gone” in the American vernacular.

[wildcard_redneck]

Dear FR mods,

You have deleted my previous comments with the words “faggot” and “dry vagina” but when I repost my comments and call you out they stay up. What is up with you? Let me repost my latest offending “faggoty faggots” comment.

Sorry, but if the despicable, lying CDC recommends watercress then I’m not eating it. Watercress probably is loaded with phytoestrogens and anti-erection compounds. Eat enough watercress and you will wake up in a bathhouse under a pile of faggots that tag-teamed you all night.

Mods, delete if you will but I will repost it.”

Delete it, I double dare you.