HEALTH SERIES #7: CARROT

Herbs, Food Ingredients, and Health

It is natural to become physically weaker as one ages. However, it is possible to stay younger and healthier than your physical age by what you eat at your table every day. More and more medical research and studies have shown the medicinal properties and benefits of herbs and healthy diet.

As of this new year of 2024, let us stay healthy by looking into a variety of herbs one by one, their nutrition facts, and healthy diet so that we are able to lead a life with more confidence and constantly get ourselves back on track with aplomb even if we happen to deviate from the optimal state of health.

 

# 7. CARROT

Carrots are bunnies’ or mares’ favorite vegetable. Are you a big fan of this bright orange-colored food? Let’s explore the world of this versatile veggie ingredient!

How would you like to eat carrots? Do you love munching on the hard, raw baby carrots as your in-between snack? Otherwise, are you more on the softer side of carrot cuisine such as steamed carrots, carrot soup, or a piece of carrot cake? Cooked or uncooked, carrots will offer you a lot of health benefits!

Both raw and cooked carrots offer nutritional benefits. While raw carrots retain more 1. vitamin _____, cooking carrots facilitates the availability of 2. beta-_______________ for the body to absorb. Thanks to this nutrition, carrots can positively impact your 3. __________ health. As long as you continue to eat carrots every day, you will have no problem while reading or driving especially in dim light or darker surroundings.

 

Then, where should you be storing carrots to keep them fresh? Carrots stay fresh with the green tops removed and stored in a

4. _______________ bag in the refrigerator’s vegetable drawer. Properly stored, carrots can stay fresh for up to 5. ___________ weeks. Avoid storing carrots near ethylene-producing fruits, such as 6._______________, cantaloupe, apples, tomatoes and avocados, because these fruits can cause carrots to become bitter.

Some may worry about excessive consumption of carrots could lead to a condition called “7. ____________emia.” This can cause the skin to turn slightly yellow or orange. However, it is temporary and harmless, and your skin color will return to normal once carrot intake is reduced.

 

Answer Keys

1.  Vitamin A

2.  Beta-Carotene

3.  Eye

4.  Plastic bag

5.  2 weeks

6.  Bananas

7.  carotenemia

*content source from PharmEasy

 

Acrostic poem using CARROT by Jean J. Lee

Connoisseurs of natural sweet tastes

Apple’s best friend in your breakfast juice

Radiant skin is promised by this orange vegetable

Root for these beautiful roots under the soil

Ode to these OG veggies

Tasteful bunch of pleasure is all yours and mine

 

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