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6. Carrots
Carrots are probably best known for their vitamin A content, which comes from beta-carotene. Carrots help to protect your liver from many of the toxins found in our foods and the environment.
Carrots are high in dietary fiber, which is really important for good digestive health and for maintaining a healthy colon, which moves toxins and waste out of the body. If you wonder how to relieve constipation, fiber comes out to be so important. It also protects your stomach and colon from terrible diseases, including colorectal cancers.
Diets that are high in beta-carotene have been linked to a reduced risk of developing several types of cancer, especially lung cancer. One study found that eating carrots, and other fiber rich foods, reduced the risk of developing colon cancer by as much as 24 percent. Carrots are best when organic and raw.
Just a warning about those baby carrots you see in the supermarket; these really aren’t baby carrots at all, but large carrots that were misshapen or had some imperfection, so they are shaved down to “baby carrot” size. The main problem with baby carrots is that they are often washed in bleach to lengthen their shelf life.
Horseman
Jan 30, 2015 at 1:47 pm
There is bacon out now with no artificial ingredients or nitrates. I’m starting to wonder about the research that goes into some of these articles.