Research Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 4

Vegetables Helps in Keeping a Healthy Balance

  • Author:
  • B.S. Mrudula, N. Kanakadurga Devi, B.R. Madhavi, V.L. Annapurna, K. Bhuvaneswari
  • Total Page Count: 8
  • Page Number: 267 to 274

K.V.S.R. Siddhartha College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vijayaawada-10

*Corresponding Author: N. Kanakadurga Devi, K.V.S.R. Siddhartha College Of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vijayaawada-10. E mail: nelluriss@rediffmail.com

Online published on 21 March, 2013.

Abstract

Vegetable nutrition improves the quality of life. Vegetables are very rich in nutrients and very low in calories. They are excellent source of vitamins, minerals, high fiber and healthy complex carbohydrates as well as antioxidants and phytonutrients which helps to reduce the overall risk of cancer and heart attacks. Here are some vegetables along with their vitamin and mineral contents. Eating healthy vegetables is essential to your optimum health and helps in keeping fit and maintaining a healthy balance.