Hippie Staff
05-05-2008, 06:00 AM
But it's so good for you!
Seems that getting lots of folate -- specifically from food, not so much from supplements -- may help protect you from pancreatic cancer. And just half a cup of asparagus delivers 190 micrograms of the stuff, more than 25 percent of what you need.
Folate is a member of the B-vitamin group, and it has long been touted as a heart helper. Some early research also links high folate intake to a lower risk of colon, breast, ovarian, and lung cancers.
My surefire asparagus recipe:
Buy fresh asparagus, and don't cut tips off, snap them off. It will break in the area where it starts to get soft. Therefore, you'll get a perfect stalk each time if you snap, not guess and cut...
put in baking deal, drizzle with olive oil and a little splash of basalmic.
put in preheated 350 oven for about 10 minutes.
Seems that getting lots of folate -- specifically from food, not so much from supplements -- may help protect you from pancreatic cancer. And just half a cup of asparagus delivers 190 micrograms of the stuff, more than 25 percent of what you need.
Folate is a member of the B-vitamin group, and it has long been touted as a heart helper. Some early research also links high folate intake to a lower risk of colon, breast, ovarian, and lung cancers.
My surefire asparagus recipe:
Buy fresh asparagus, and don't cut tips off, snap them off. It will break in the area where it starts to get soft. Therefore, you'll get a perfect stalk each time if you snap, not guess and cut...
put in baking deal, drizzle with olive oil and a little splash of basalmic.
put in preheated 350 oven for about 10 minutes.