Eat your GREENS
Apr 13, 2021
3 minutes
Words: Amanda Vlietstra.
The UK watercress season starts in May – and although the term ‘superfood’ has been applied to lots of foods in recent years, this peppery-tasting salad green has been revered since ancient times for its health-giving qualities. When Hippocrates founded the first hospital on the Greek island of Kos in around 400 BC, he insisted on building it next to flowing water to ensure he had a good supply of watercress. The Persian emperor Xerxes fed it to his army to fortify them on long
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