Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Making vegetables more nutritious

Some fat-soluble nutrients that may be better absorbed by the body if consumed with a little healthy fat:

Lutein
Beta Carotene
Lycopene
Zeaxanthin
Vitamin E

Fat soluble means that some fat needs to be present for the body to adequately absorb the nutrients. This is one reasons why avocado is a superfood (the nutrients are absorbed so well because of the healthy fat in the avoacado).

Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal

No comments: