Yummy and Healthy Vegetables you can Eat

Yummy and Healthy Vegetables you can Eat

Onions

Add this antioxidant-rich produce to the top of your shopping list. Veggie's cancer-fighting antioxidants by eating it raw; cooking onions at a high heat significantly reduces the benefits of phytochemicals that protect against lung and prostate cancer. Try combining chopped raw onions with tomatoes, avocado, and jalapeño peppers for a blood sugar–friendly chip dip. 

Corn

The longer corn was cooked, the higher the level of antioxidants like lutein, which combats blindness in older adults. Try this recipe for crispy pineapple coconut. 

Peas

Daily consumption of green peas along with other legumes lowered the risk of stomach cancer.

Kale

Veggie's curly green leaves are chock full of vitamin C, an antioxidant that may reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering levels of LDL, or "bad" cholesterol.