Kale scores a perfect 1000 on Dr. Furman’s ANDI, Aggregate Nutrition Density Index.

Kale is low in calories, high in fiber, and has no fat. It is excellent for aiding digestion and eliminating toxic waste from your body and is loaded with essential vitamins and minerals, including folate, magnesium, vitamin B6, potassium, calcium, and vitamin K.

Research shows kale is beneficial for protection against diabetes, heart disease and stroke, kidney stones, and cancer, and enhances skin, bone, and hair growth.

Kale is one of those super power green veggies you really can’t get enough of. It’s not only delicious but is highly nutrient dense so highly beneficial for your overall health and well-being. Continue reading →

When we were kids, our parents would encourage us to eat more carrots by telling us they help us to see in the dark. It was a tiny white lie but it worked because all kids want to see in the dark. (We also ate carrots because Bugs Bunny ate them and Bugs Bunny was cool).

Sadly, it isn’t strictly true that carrots help us see in the dark (although it actually rather is). However, as we get older, we begin to eat vegetables such as carrots, not because they’ll give us amazing super powers, but because they’ll actually make us healthier.

Which, although not something kids tend to worry about, is definitely we as super-mature adults think a lot about.

The truth is that the humble carrot has many health benefits to offer you. Let’s go explore them. Continue reading →