A veggie of the day
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MACEDONIAN MIX 425 ml. Mix of carrots with green peas, green beans and cauliflower or broccoli. Rich in vitamins. Excellent for vegetable salads. Simply add sauce, dressing for salads or mayonnaise.
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To be slim
An antidote to obesity epidemic are... vegetables.
The change in the lifestyle and, what follows, reduction in energy expen-ditures mainly related to physical activity was the reason of obesity "epidemic" that afflicted rich West European societies.
Vegetables have low energy value because rather than fats they only contain proteins and carbohydrates. They are also a treasury of microelements and vitamins, which to a large extent determine their value in the human diet. Some vegetables also contain a large amount of dietary fibre, which has a favourable influence on digestion by improvement in the intestine peristalsis.
Thus, vegetables containing fibre are important in prevention of colon cancer.
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