Colorless vegetables are good for you too

Although the vegetables in different colors are considered as an excellent source of nutrients and beneficial substances, also thanks to the pigments that make them so colorful, scientists point out that even white vegetables must be taken into account in a healthy and balanced diet
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He speaks often of colorful vegetables. More and more they are colorful, beneficial qualities: thus we have orange vegetables with vitamin A (or beta-carotene) ... the red ones with their antioxidants ... those dark green with anti-cancer substances and so on.
But what about vegetables that have little color or are tending to white? Are worth less? Do they serve? Far from it.
Doctors recall that even this kind of vegetables must find place on our tables because they are essential for a healthy diet.

It is therefore legally "poor" vegetables such as potatoes and other vegetable foods that are pale in a balanced diet, as found in the supplement "White Vegetables: A Forgotten Source of Nutrients" by the American Society for Nutrition and published in the journal Advances in Nutrition.
«Current recommendations are for a daily diet rich in fruits and vegetables that should include dark green and orange vegetables – underlines the editor of supplement, Connie Weaver, a Professor of nutrition science at Purdue University – but there is an absence of white vegetables, even though they are rich in fiber, potassium and magnesium.

Overall, points out Dr. Weaver, people don't eat enough vegetables. Know you can add recommendations even white vegetables can be a good way to increase your intake of vegetables in General.
Supplement authors have reported a substantial body of evidence that shows that the inclusion in the diet of white vegetables, such as potatoes, can facilitate the intake of nutrients lacking in particular fiber, potassium and magnesium – as well as help to increase overall vegetable consumption among children, teens and adults.

Not only potatoes, however. Other beneficial vegetables for health and that should not miss on the Board are, among others, cauliflower, onions, mushrooms, broccoli ... and any other with this colorful not characteristic.