Eat to Nourish: Zinc

Why it matters to include the mineral Zinc in your diet.

Conventional fresh food supply chains take days even weeks to get fresh produce to you the customer, as a result, a lot of nutritional value is lost due to natural decaying processes.

Because Nourishing Hub is local to the community we sell our greens still growing and you harvest when you are ready to eat, you have no loss of nutrients.

Benefits

• Zinc is vital for a healthy immune system

• It helps to correctly synthesize DNA

• Promotes healthy growth during childhood

• Helps to heal wounds

• Zinc is used for treating diarrhea

• Zinc plays a key part in regulating how neurons communicate

• Is beneficial in reducing the duration and severity of the common cold in healthy people,

Veg in order of highest to lowest concentration

• Alfalfa

• Carrot

• Rocket

• Broccoli

• Carrot

• Radish

• Gabbage - pak choi

• Cabbage - Red

• Mustard

• Onion

Remember, nutrition is more than just calories, fats, and sugars.

At Nourishing Hub we not only grow our greens in a sustainable and responsible manner, free from pesticides and herbicides, we also deliver nutritionally dense greens so you get the maximum benefit when including our greens in your diet.

Eat to nourish - minerals and vitamins are essential to a healthy diet!

Reference:

• https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/263176.php