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Artichoke
Nutrition: Health Benefits
This exquisite, healthy vegetable
offers many health benefits. The artichoke is bursting
with vitamins including several B vitamins - B1, B2, B3,
B4, B5 and B6. This vegetable also contains vitamin C,
vitamin E and vitamin K which are essential to our
health and vitality as they significantly encourage and
improve bodily functions. These important vitamins in
artichokes can energize the body, making us feel more
alert and energetic.
Artichoke
Nutrition: Data and Nutritional Benefits
The vitamin C content in artichokes
assist the immune system by strengthening it which in
turn helps us to ward off colds, flu, illness and major
health diseases. Artichokes are recognized for their
therapeutic and healing qualities and can even reduce
blood pressure and cholesterol levels, aid the digestive
system by helping it to break down fat, and relieve
water retention. Amongst other great health benefits of artichokes is
that eating them can help to keep the liver protected.
Artichokes provide many nutrients including
beta-carotene, calcium, iron, potassium and zinc.
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Artichoke
Nutrition: Facts and Health Benefits
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Artichoke nutrition: many health benefits
with
vitamins including B vitamins - B1, B2, B3,
B4, B5, B6
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Artichoke nutrition: recognized for its
therapeutic and healing benefits and qualities
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Eating
artichokes has health benefits and keeps the liver protected
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Artichoke
nutrition: can
be stored for 2-3 days in the refrigerator to
maintain its freshness
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Artichoke
nutrition:
great served with a dip or sauce, such
as a vinaigrette dip or garlic butter dip
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Artichoke Nutrition and Health Benefits: Calories
Artichoke nutrition: low in calories, full of goodness and
vitality! The amount of calories
in artichoke depends on the way that this vegetable is cooked, for example if the
artichoke is
baked, grilled, roasted, steamed or boiled. The
following calorie guide can be used to calculate the
amount of calories in artichokes:
Artichoke
Nutrition: Calories per 100 grams:
Boiled Globe Artichoke base, leave
and heart
nutrition
- 18 calories
Boiled Jerusalem
Artichoke flesh
nutrition
- 41 calories |
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Artichoke Nutrition: Facts and Health Benefits
Artichoke is a large, healthy vegetable that is
either purple or green in color. Artichokes grow on
stalks and looks different, perhaps a little
unusual. The tight leaves form the shape of a globe.
The inner leaves are tightly wrapped around the centre of the artichoke. The actual artichoke is the
unopened flower bud of a perennial plant. Each
individual artichoke bud consists of tough outer
leaves. The tips are hard and inedible. The base is
quite the opposite as it's tender and fleshy. The
leaves are wrapped tightly around the heart of the
artichoke. The heart is also known as the thistle or
choke as it is a part of the flower bud and it looks
like a cone of light colored leaves.
Artichoke Nutrition:
Information and Facts
This is a unique and interesting
vegetable that originated in the Mediterranean. Artichokes
are sometimes confused with cardoons which are closely
related but are an uncultivated form of artichoke that
were commonly grown in Southern Europe. It is believed
that the artichoke first became popular in Italy. This
green, healthy vegetable is grown in many European
countries as well as other parts of the world. This
vegetable is widely grown in France in the area of
Brittany.
Artichoke Nutrition:
Facts about Picking and Storing
Eat artichokes as soon as possible
after buying them as the nutritional content will be at
its highest. Artichokes can be stored for 2-3 days in the
refrigerator if necessary. Try to pick lively and
vibrant looking artichokes that are as fresh as possible
with tight leaves.
Artichoke Nutrition:
Facts about Preparing for Cooking and
Eating
Remove the stalk by twisting it off.
Chop the bases flat and remove any little leaves from
the base. Spiky leaves can be trimmed slightly. Wash the
artichoke under cold running water. |
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Artichoke Nutrition:
Facts about Boiling Artichoke
Place the vegetable in a pan of water
and add the juice of half a lemon to the water. Cook
larger sized artichokes in simmering water for
approximately 30-40 minutes, or until tender. Smaller
varieties will take less time to boil. To check if the
artichoke is cooked properly, pull off an artichoke
leaf. If it's cooked properly, the leaf should pull away
easily and the base of it should be tender. Other
alternative cooking methods that are suitable for this
vegetable include steaming, baking and roasting.
Artichoke is great served with a dip or sauce, such as a vinaigrette dip or
garlic butter dip which are very suited to this
vegetable and compliment it lovely. There are many
artichoke recipes bursting with health benefits and
nutrition to try such as stuffed artichoke! |
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Health
experts and nutritionists believe that a well-balanced
diet that includes at least five portions of fruit and
vegetables per day will provide you with many health
benefits |
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