Eating a variety of natural, unprocessed vegetables can do wonders for your health, but choosing nutritious kale on a regular basis may provide significant health benefits, including cancer protection and lowered cholesterol according to WebMD.
Kale, also known as borecole, is one of the healthiest vegetables on the planet. A leafy green, kale is available in curly, ornamental, or dinosaur varieties. It belongs to the Brassica family that includes cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, collards, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts.
One cup of chopped kale has 134% of your recommended daily intake of vitamin C, while a medium orange fruit has 113% of the daily C requirement. That’s particularly noteworthy because a cup of kale weighs just 67 grams, while a medium orange weighs 131 grams. In other words? Gram for gram, kale has more than twice the vitamin C as an orange.
Kale is actually a great source of alpha-linoleic acid (ALA), the omega-3 fatty acid that’s essential for brain health, reduces Type 2 diabetes risk and boosts heart health as well. Each cup has 121 mg of ALA, according to Dr. Drew Ramsey’s book 50 Shades of Kale.
According to the Environmental Working Group, kale is one of the most likely crops to have residual pesticides. The organization recommends choosing organic kale, or growing
