Importance of Vegetables

If we stop to think what ours is made of feeding We will discover that a large part of it comes from vegetables, both fruits and vegetables, and that based on them we can enrich our body with a great contribution of nutrients and minerals. Vegetables are even the center of some types of diets such as those that do not consume meat and are therefore vital in these cases.

In order to survive, the human being has had to domesticate the plants that were once wild

Human history took a tremendously enormous and significant leap at that moment in Prehistory in which the human being He managed to develop cultivation as a technique to recreate and regenerate the plants that he found naturally in the environment. This revolution, known as neolithic revolution, allowed him to become independent of the nature and being able to establish a sedentary lifestyle that increased their expectations and quality of life.

The vegetables that we consume today, both fruits and vegetables in their enormous diversity

, have been domesticated by different groups of human beings: while in Europe wheat was always central, in America the cultivation of corn had been deeply developed. At present, each region of the planet has a detailed vegetable planting calendar that has to be see with the available resources and those that grow in better conditions according to the climate and temperatures.

Why is it necessary to consume them in our daily life?

The contributions of vegetables in our diet are many, although they may not necessarily be visible. In most cases, vegetables provide an interesting number of nutrients, minerals, vitamins and a very low amount of fat. In this sense, both fruits and vegetables allow us to make our diet more complex and at the same time become more and more independent from the consumption of meat. Many specialists today point out the importance of lowering the consumption of different types of meat and increasing that of all types of vegetables and fruits.

It is considered that the more varied our selection of vegetables is, the more variety of benefits we bring to our body. While some fruits serve as detoxifiers, others help prevent certain diseases and vegetables can provide high doses of iron, potassium or vitamins. It is not possible today to think of a diet that excludes vegetables in general terms, at least not if one wants to lead a more or less healthy life.

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