Saturday, December 20, 2008

Broccoli: It's Not Easy Being Green


Broccoli is the blah vegetable. Not many people are singing its praises these days.

But broccoli is a one-stop vitamin rush. In two recent studies of middle-aged adults, broccoli's Vitamin C's anti-oxidants reduced significantly their risks for diabetes Type II.

Broccoli also has sight savers in beta carotene, vitamin E and zinc, not to mention vitamin C. These vitamins and minerals reduce the odds of incurring blindness.

For Yahoo Health's recent article on the the subject, see this link.

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