Can you name a healthy vegetable?
Vegetables, just say this word and people have some strong reactions. Some people love vegetables and others not so much. Last week I wrote about bananas, such a healthy fruit (See: Enjoy bananas for good health ). I always have a banana a day and even bring bananas with us on road trips to be sure I can eat a banana. What about vegetables? Some of my nutrition students ate few or no vegetables. When they did their diet recalls, their “vegetable” was often a slice of lettuce on a burger. Recently I was in Subway and watching a woman order subs for her kids. She ordered a 12-foot sub with meat and cheese and a lot of mayonnaise. When it came time for the vegetables to put on the sub, she stated her son didn’t like vegetables. Not a one, not even a few slices of lettuce. Pretty sad as Subway actually offers quite a choice of veggies to put on a sub. When I go to Subway, I ask for just about every v...