In a sense eating vegetables offsets what is missing from highly processed foods - fiber, vitamins, nutrients, minerals. Vegetables also provide bulk to meals slowing down digestion rates and stopping the sudden peaks in blood glucose levels and crashes that trigger hunger pangs and overeating. But what vegetables should you eat and why?
This article provides very comprehensive charts of nutrients for 70 common vegetables. The data has been standardized for a serving of 100 g so that you can make direct comparisons.
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