The Healthiest Leafy Green on the Planet

The Healthiest Leafy Green on the Planet

Did you know that watercress’s claim to fame was its use as medicine rather than food? Hippocrates referred to watercress as “the cure of cures” and is known to have built his first hospital in Greece around a watercress bed to help treat his patients.

As watercress is one of the most nutrient dense foods on the planet, it has been used in preventative measures and to treat chronic illness. Read more about this powerful leafy green here.

There are many other unexpected benefits of watercress, some of which are:

• Watercress is proven to improve skin: evens out wrinkles, decreases eczema and UV spots, shrinks pores, and improves skin texture.
• In addition to increasing cancer cell vulnerability to radiotherapy, patients that consumed watercress while undergoing radiotherapy treatments healed faster due to decreased cell damage and more rapid cell recovery time.
• Watercress is proven to improve athletic performance and endurance by stimulating blood flow.
• Researchers found that watercress neutralizes carcinogens, helping to rid the body of harmful toxins.

 For culinary inspiration to work watercress into your diet click here.