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Asparagus

Source: Defeat Diabetes Foundation
Topics: Nutrition Information
Description: Long tall green spears
 
Facts: On a warm spring day, asparagus spears can grow up to several inches. You can actually sit and watch them grow! White asparagus is actually the same plant as green its just been covered with mulch to keep the chlorophyll from developing.
 
Availability: Fresh in Spring. Frozen or canned available year round 
 
Serving Size = cup or 6 spears
 
Selection: Choose plump, stalks that are firm with a good snap and compact well formed spears
 
Storage: Store in the vegetable drawer of your refrigerator. Use within 3 or 4 days

Nutrition Benefits: Fat free; saturated fat free; sodium free; cholesterol free; good source of fiber; good source of folate.
 
Pigments: chlorophyll, beta-carotene, lutein, anthocynanins
 
Phytochemicals: glutathione, rutin, saponins, lignans
 
ORAC Score: 1,200

 

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