Vegetables are low in calories and packed with vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. It has been proven that knowing the nutritional information on the foods you ingest will assist you in long term, maintained weight loss as well.
Specifically, the nutrients found in the following commonly consumed vegetables are as follows:
Broccoli
Broccoli is high in dietary fiber, has no saturated fat, and only some sodium. Cholesterol in broccoli is non-existent.
Spinach
Cooked spinach is one of the highest ranking vegetables in providing complete nutrition. It is high in dietary fiber, it is low in saturated fat and fairly low in cholesterol.
Carrots
Everyone knows that carrots are one of the highest nutritional sources for vitamin A, but carrots are also an excellent source for antioxidants. Reduced heart disease, cancer protection and increased night vision are all positive qualities associated with this root vegetable.
Celery
In addition to it’s very high fiber content, celery is excellent in providing phosphorus, magnesium, calcium, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, riboflavin, manganese, potassium, folate, and vitamins K, C, and A. Dieters love celery because it contains negative calories. It actually uses more calories to digest it than you take in by eating it.
Asparagus
Providing almost 60 percent of the recommended daily allowance of folic acid, asparagus plays a starring role of vegetables helpful in prevention of spina bifida. Asparagus has a wealth of nutrients, dietary fiber and it is low in sodium. Asparagus is another vegetable that contains no cholesterol or fat.
Sweet Corn
Consuming a diet that includes corn and other foods high in beta-cryptoxanthin, a carotenoid also found in pumpkins and red bell peppers may significantly reduce one’s chances of developing cancer in the lungs. This is true even if the person is a smoker. Corn is also beneficial in the amount of fiber that it adds to the diet and in the folate found in corn.
Radish
Radishes are high in dietary fiber and very low on fat and cholesterol. Consuming radishes raw provides potassium, folate and vitamin C, calcium, vitamin B6 and riboflavin. In addition, radishes provide manganese, copper and magnesium.
Green Beans
Green beans are excellent choices for obtaining vitamin K, vitamin C, manganese and vitamin A to your diet. In addition, green beans are high in dietary fiber.
Lettuce
Romaine lettuce contains a significant portion of the daily recommended allowance of vitamins K, C and A. It is also noted for the presence of manganese and folate. Since a one cup serving adds only 15 calories to your daily intake, lettuce is an excellent choice for weight reduction.