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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