high marks for chicory/endive

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A recent study of ten different salad greens found

chicory and it's cultivated form, endive, to have

the highest polyphenol and antiradical scores,

respectively:

 

http://calorierestriction.org/pmid/?n=17279769

 

Here are the greens mentioned in the abstract:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicory (Cicorium intybus)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endive (cultivated form)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arugula (Eruca sativa)

 

Buck's-horn plantain

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Plantago+coronopus

 

Perennial Wall Rocket

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Diplotaxis+tenuifolia

 

 

-Erin

www.zenpawn.com/vegblog