What’s In Season in May?
It's May, and spring is in full bloom, flooding stores and markets with an abundance of fresh, beautiful produce.
Everywhere you look, you see vibrant colors, from the rich red beets to the lush green of cucumbers and, and the bright orange of carrots.
Here are some the things you may want to eat this month:
1- Cucumber:
A nutritious fruit with a high water content, eating cucumber may help lower blood sugar, prevent constipation, and support weight loss. To maximize cucumber’s health benefits, eat the peel, too!
It’s also high in antioxidants, and it’s great for hydration.
Enjoy it on your salad, just eat it as you will eat an apple, especially if you get your hands on Persian cucumbers, or juice it.
2-Green Beans:
Green beans, also called snap beans or string beans, are a nutritious addition to your diet.
They’re heart healthy, they contain zero cholesterol and are high on Protein. A great source of Vitamin A, you can steam them, saute with olive oil and garlic or have them fresh and dip them into your homemade hummus.
3- Beet:
Lower blood pressure and better athletic performance are just a few of the benefits of this folate-rich vegetable. In addition to bringing a pop of color to your plate, beets are highly nutritious and packed with essential vitamins, minerals, and plant compounds, many of which have medicinal properties. Beets also contain pigments called betalains, which possess a number of anti-inflammatory properties.
To get the most nutrients, enjoy raw beets or choose methods like juicing and roasting instead of boiling.
4- Pineapple:
An incredibly delicious, healthy tropical fruit, Pineapple is packed with nutrients, antioxidants, and other helpful compounds, such as enzymes that can protect against inflammation and disease, vitamin C, manganese, and enzymes to help aid digestion. Eating fresh or roasted ripe pineapple may help boost immunity, lower cancer risk, and improve recovery time after surgery. Eat them raw, drop them in your smoothie, enjoy it in your tropical salad or bake them!
5- Carrot:
Crunchy, tasty, and highly nutritious, carrots are a particularly good source of beta carotene, fiber, vitamin K1, potassium, and antioxidants. This root vegetable is often claimed to be the best health food.
Eating carrots has been linked to lower cholesterol levels, better weight management, eye health and super helpful for when you have sugar carvings.
I love to eat them raw, alone or in my salad, but you can also steam, saute or bake them.
6- Mango:
In some parts of the world, they call mango the king of fruits!
It’s a drupe, or stone fruit, which means that it has a large seed in the middle. Native to India and Southeast Asia, there are hundreds of types of mango, each with its own characteristic taste, shape, size, and color, and people have cultivated them for over 4,000 years.
Mango is not only delicious but also boasts an impressive nutritional profile. Fresh mango is relatively high in natural sugar compared with other fresh fruits, containing over 22 grams per cup.You might think this could be worrisome for people living with metabolic conditions like diabetes, or for those who are trying to limit their sugar intake.However, no evidence suggests that eating fresh mango leads to diabetes or is unhealthy for people with this condition.In fact, many studies have even linked a higher intake of fresh fruit with a lower risk of diabetes overall.
Mango is also packed with polyphenols, which are plant compounds that act as antioxidants to protect your body and a good source of immune-boosting nutrients.
I love adding mango to my salads, what’s your favorite way of eating it?
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