Vegetables

Nutritional Value Check Green or White: Which Asparagus Is Healthier?

Germans love white asparagus and attribute various health benefits to it, but is that true, and how does the green variety compare?

Green or White: Which Asparagus Is Healthier?

Colorful Superfood What Are Phytochemicals and Why Are They So Healthy?

Secondary plant substances give fruit and vegetables their characteristic color. Our health also benefits from these little helpers.

"Breakfast for Champions" Heidi Klum Eats Raw Onions in the Morning! How Healthy Is This Vegetable?

Biting into raw onions instead of an apple at breakfast—nothing unusual for Heidi Klum. What's in this member of the allium family?

A cauliflower with tiny black spots–just cut them off and prepare it, or is it destined for the trash?

Nutrition Expert Responds Can You Still Eat Cauliflower With Black Spots?

A nutrition expert explains whether cauliflower with black spots is still edible or should be discarded.

Expert Tips 3 Methods to Preserve Vitamins While Cooking

Vegetables are packed with vitamins, provided they are not destroyed during cooking. Here are methods to preserve vitamins when cooking.

Nutrition Expert Explains This is How Healthy Carrot Juice Is

What ingredients actually make carrot juice so healthy? And can it really give you a tanned complexion?

Good to know Why fiber is so important for the body

Dietary fiber is essential for the body. FITBOOK explains why this is the case and what you should bear in mind when consuming it.

Trendy or Meaningful? "Greens" – What Do Vegetable Powders Offer for Health?

"Greens" are touted as low-calorie nutrient powerhouses. But how healthy are these vegetable powders really—and what are their drawbacks?

Children often don't like eating vegetables.

Researchers Develop Method What Parents Can Do to Encourage Kids to Eat More Vegetables

It's not always easy to get younger children to eat their vegetables. U.S. researchers have now discovered how it can be done.

FITfuttern (translated as "FITfeeding") Omega-3 Sensation: Baked Salmon with Root Vegetables

FITfuttern demonstrates how easy and quick it is to prepare oven-baked salmon fillet with root vegetables. A dish full of protein, valuable omega-3 fatty acids–and delicious!