الاثنين، 3 ديسمبر 2012

Facts about Vegetables

There are so many interesting random facts about fruits and vegetables.
  • Swiss chard is not from Switzerland, but named after a Swiss botanist named Koch who named it.
  • Bananas are actually considered an herb.
  • The tomato was known as the “apple of love.”
  • Hippocrates described celery as a nerve soother.
  • Watermelon is 92% water, cabbage is 90%.
  • Avocados and pumpkins are fruit.
  • Spinach has a reputation for being high in iron because of a mistake made in 1870. Dr. E Von Wolf measured the iron content but placed the decimal point in the wrong place. This gave the iron content of spinach ten-fold. German chemists discovered the mistake 67 years later, but the myth lives on.
  • Hippocrates said “Let your food be your medicine, and your medicine be your food.”
  • An avocado has double the amount of potassium compared to a banana.
  • They say Casanova ate lots of celery to maintain his stamina.
  • In the 16th century orange carrots were produced in honor of the Dutch Royal Family also known as the House of Orange. Before that carrots were purple, yellow,red or white.
  • Celery was believed to be an aphrodisiac in ancient Roman times. Celery contains androsterone which is released in perspiration.
  • Red (purple) cabbage delivers 5 times the amount of polyphenols than green cabbage.
  • One ounce of seeds from celery can yield an entire acre of celery.
  • There are no enzymes in cooked food. Enzymes are destroyed after being heated to 115 degrees. Having a diet made up of mostly cooked foods puts a burden on your digestive system since it has to work hard to digest food.
  • A vegan diet is a diet entirely plant based is without all animal products including fish, eggs and dairy.

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