Low in calories, it covers all of our daily needs in vitamins and minerals.
It’s difficult to make the right nutritional choices when shopping or looking for inspiration for our meals. To help consumers see things more clearly, researchers at William Paterson University in New Jersey analyzed the nutritional value of dozens of foods and compared their content of 17 essential nutrients including fiber, vitamin C, calcium, iron, proteins… According to their results published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only one food is capable of providing 100% of the daily nutrients needed by the body with just a 100 gram serving, making it “the healthiest food in the world“. Inexpensive, grown in France (mainly in Île-de-France, Aquitaine and Nord-Pas-de-Calais) and available almost throughout the year, this vegetable is unfortunately little consumed and rarely cooked. However, it is absolutely delicious in a salad, a quiche, on eggs or to enhance any dish or sauce. If it is often eaten raw, it can also be eaten cooked, pan-fried, fried, or mixed. velouté or in soup form.It is the only food to have a nutrient density score of 100“, specify the authors of the study. This means that a 100 g serving provides the body’s entire daily requirement of potassium, fiber, protein, calcium, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folate, zinc and vitamin A , B6, B12, C, D, E and K. For example, it has more vitamin C than an orange or a lemon…
Depurative, antioxidant, diuretic and detoxifying, this food is none other than watercress, a vegetable with small, elongated green leaves, with a slightly bitter and peppery taste reminiscent of mustard. A large handful (80 to 100 g) of watercress corresponds to a serving of vegetables and provides only 21 calories. Watercress is always sold in bunches which generally cost around 2 euros, or even less in certain markets. This packaging ensures the traceability of the product, from the place of cultivation to the shelf. To choose it well, you must rely on its leaves which must be brightly colored, firm and not damaged. Dull green means the bunch is wilted or faded. It should be consumed quickly (it generally keeps for 2 days in the vegetable drawer of the fridge) to appreciate its freshness and crunch.