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Food Tip of the Day
Radishes are an interesting and amazing vegetable. The radish is fun to grow, healthful to eat, and entertains some amazing, interesting facts. Radishes have even been found worthy of an annual festival.
For anyone on a healthy, or weight-loss diet, radishes are an excellent food. There are only 19 calories in one cup of sliced radishes.
Radishes are very easy to grow. Depending on variety, radishes are ready to harvest in 3 to 5 weeks. They are an excellent crop for children to grow because they get to see the crop mature in a short time.
Radishes have a high fiber content. It has essential elements that keep the roots of hair healthy, strong, and resilient.
Radishes are estimated to be 2 percent of the global vegetable harvest with about 7 million tons being produced annually.
The world’s heaviest radish was grown in Japan in 2003, and weighed 68 lbs. 9 oz.
Four hundred million pounds of radishes are eaten annually in America.
Before olive oil was used in Egypt radish seed oil was used.
Radishes are celebrated in Oaxaca, Mexico on December 23. Scenes of everything from everyday life to monsters are created by carving very large radishes and are displayed at the annual festival. Prizes are awarded in various categories.
Author Marilyn Pokorney
Copyright Marilyn Pokorney 2022
