The Healthiest Vegetables

To be considered "powerful" foods, these vegetables must have a base of 17 important nutrients for public health, determined by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Institute of Medicine of the United States. (potassium, fiber, protein, calcium, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, zinc, and vitamins A, B6, B12, C, D, E, and K). The most nutritious of all was scored 100 and ordered down according to the composition of each of the vegetables.

According to the studies, the ranking places the green leafy vegetables on top, heading the cress. The most common vegetables such as tomatoes, squash or carrots, as well as fruits (strawberries, oranges, blackberries) are much less nutritious than radishes, parsley or Swiss chard.

1- Watercress

2- Chinese cabbage

3- Chard

4- Radishes

5- Spinach

6- Chicory

7- Lettuce

8- Parsley

9- Romaine lettuce

10- Forage Colla

11- Green Turnip

12- Green Mustard

13- Endive

14- Ciboulette

15- Col Verde

16- Dandelion

17- Red pepper

18-Arugula

19- Broccoli

21- Brussels sprouts

22- Green onion

23- Cabbage Radish

24- Cauliflower

25- Cabbage

26- Carrot

27- Tomato

28- Lemon

29- Lettuce

30- Strawberry

31-Pumpkin

32-Orange

34- Lima

35- Grapefruit

37- Turnip (another variety)

39- Leek