Summer Produce

You might have noticed that eating healthy and diversely is becoming more popular across the world. Luckily, you don’t need to hire a nutritionist or spend weeks planning your shopping list to eat healthily and save money. If you’re seeking a simple solution for eating what’s good for you on a budget, try eating seasonally! Read on and learn about this summer’s best and healthiest produce!

Top 6 Summer Produce

Zucchini

Just like most of the fruits and vegetables covered in this article, zucchini contributes to healthy digestion since it’s rich in water and both soluble and insoluble fiber. Speaking of fiber, alongside potassium and carotenoids, it can reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease by lowering your blood pressure and cholesterol level. To keep its nutrient value and play it safe, make sure you always use a hardwood cutting board when you prepare amazing zucchini-dishes.

Corn

Everyone’s favorite summer side dish. Besides being tasty, corn contains essential minerals like phosphorus, magnesium, manganese, zinc, iron, copper, as well as selenium which is usually hard to find in regular diets. Corn’s nutrients and fibers will help your digestive tract, do good for your skin and eyes, prevent anemia and lower your LDL cholesterol levels. As crazy as it may seem, these are only a couple of benefits of eating corn and there a lot more where those came from!

Rhubarb

The benefits of consuming Rhubarb range from weight loss and digestion-improvement all the way to bone growth stimulation and reducing the risk of getting cardiovascular diseases. An interesting study has also shown that Rhubarb might prevent Alzheimer due to its glucoside compound called rhaponticin. Last but not least, anthraquinones found in Rhubarb is proven to have anti-cancer properties. However, make sure you only eat the stalks since the leaves are quite high in oxalic acid which makes a lot of people ill and created a common misconception that this plant is poisonous.

Apricots

Apricots are one of the most popular fruits worldwide, and the magnitude of their fame is understandable when you consider the nutritional value of this fruit. Namely, apricots are rich in fiber. This people-favourite fruit also has almost all minerals like calcium, phosphorus, manganese, iron and copper, all of which are essential for strengthening bones in both kids and adults.

Strawberries

Strawberries are proof that delicious food can also be extremely healthy. They are rich in vitamins C and K, as well as folate, potassium, manganese, and magnesium minerals to name a few. Due to their richness in iodine, vitamin C, and phytochemicals, strawberries will boost your brain functions. Finally, this fruit could also help reduce high blood pressure, fight diabetes, and reduce the risk of heart failure.

Limes

They might seem like the obvious choice for cocktails, but there are other ways to use this extremely healthy fruit. First of all, they’re low in carbohydrates, fat, and consequently calories. Next, the citric acid lime has in abundance is an excellent fat burner. Finally, foods rich in vitamins can help in reducing cardiovascular risk, and it’s evident that lime contains a lot of this vitamin.

That sums it up! Of course, there’s much more where this came from, but we decided to make a selection of 6 that are most suitable for this season and the obvious choice for your shopping list. Hope you liked this list and make sure you keep your meals diverse! Make sure you check out Engraved Cutting Board’s selection of gorgeously personalized hardwood cutting boards for all of your kitchen needs!