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Recipes for Health: Carrots
Carrots are great to have around for healthy snacks, especially for children, and many of us buy them to make carrot juice. But how often do you plan dinner, or part of dinner, around this ingredient?
It’s a question worth pondering now, in the depths of winter, when our choice of fresh vegetables, especially colorful ones, is limited. Among the nutrients that make carrots such a healthy option are so-called carotenoids, which are converted to vitamin A in the liver and are essential for the body’s maintenance of skin, teeth and the immune system. That carrots are good for the eyes is no wives’ tale, too: night blindness can result from a deficiency of vitamin A. Carrots are also a good source of vitamins C and K, dietary fiber and potassium.