Leaves as Vegetables: Food Significance and Nutritional Information

By Roby Jose Ciju

Leafy vegetables or vegetable greens are considered to be richest source of dietary fiber, vitamins and minerals. Daily consumption of minimum 100 to 150 grams of leafy vegetables along with a main diet is recommended by many health experts for balanced nutrition of a human body. Apart from its health-providing properties many leafy vegetables are considered to have medicinal benefits also, especially those vegetable greens which are loaded with antioxidant vitamins and minerals.

• Language: English
• Publisher: agrihortico
• Release date: May 22, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463028827

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