leafy vegetable


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Bismeen Bibi, 55, a housewife from Swat in Peshawar told this scribe that among many varieties of rice dishes, Warjalay was the favourite traditional food flavoured with Saag - any green leafy vegetable like spinach, garlic, onion, mustard and sprinkled with cumin for lending it extra taste.
A This is because green leafy vegetables such as those two are high in vitamin K.
There are other hydroponic kits with LED that make small fruits, vegetables, and leafy vegetables without soils in the market, but there is no more powerful hydroponic kit that circulates the oxygen to the roots for the faster and better growth.
Leafy vegetables form part of the diet of most people of tropical Africa.
The space of leafy vegetable was 0.20 m A- 0.20 m and forgourd and leguminous vegetables was 0.8 m A- 0.6 m by one line per plot.
It is true that green leafy vegetables, including kale, collard greens, spinach, and broccoli, have a high vitamin K content.
About parts used, it was revealed that leafy stems (and in preference, young and fresh leafy stems) are the most consumed part of this leafy vegetable. It is tedious to cut down the leaves, so the people usually prefer to use young parts of leafy stems (figures 4 and 5).
Professor Owolabi said the Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network (SIREN) study which involved 15 health facilities in Nigeria and Ghana over a three year period had identified 11 potentially modifiable risk factors for stroke in Nigerians, one of which is low green leafy vegetable consumption.
[15.] Malidadi C Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) for leafy vegetable use in Malawi: Agronomic evaluation onstation and onfarm.
Although the green leafy vegetable cannot be guaranteed to give you the strength of ten men, as was the case with Popeye, it is exceptionally nutritious, stuffed with minerals and antioxidants including significant levels of iron and calcium.
According to researchers, reducing stress and increasing green leafy vegetable consumption may be a novel way to reduce the rates of brain bleeds.
ISLAMABAD -- Green leafy vegetable may be as important as wearing a hat, sunscreen and protective clothing to reduce the risk of skin cancer, says a study that highlights the importance of eating a healthy, well-balanced diet.
Fresh leafy vegetable samples of amaranthus (Amaranthus spinosus), garden egg (Solanum macrocapon), kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus), roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa) and cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) commonly used for culinary preparations in the regions of northern Ghana (savannah zone) were sourced from market centres in Navrongo (Upper East Region) and Tamale (Northern Region).
In fact, there is less nitrate found in cured meat than in green leafy vegetables.
Flavonoids have been found in the covers of seeds, roots, and leaves, as well as in many plant fruits, such as Beta-Carotene (in green and orange leafy vegetables), Isoflavone (in soy foods), Anthocyanin (in berries and other red, rosy, blue, and purple vegetables), and Quercetin (in tea, green vegetables, and citrus).