Beets

History-
Beet is a form of the maritime sea beet that has been selected over time for its root. Grown since Assyrian’s, esteemed by the Greeks and used for offerings to Apollo. There are many Roman recipes for beets.

Medicinal -
Folk lore medicine used beets for constipation. Research shows that drinking a class of beet juice can help control cancer.

Manganese-
Manganese has a number of different positive effects on the body. It helps to maintain strong and healthy bones. Helps keeps a normal blood sugar level. Also helps maintain the health of your nerves.

Thiamine-
Thiamine helps with energy metabolism. It processes in nerves and in their responding tissue, the muscles depend on thiamine. It also helps the body to metabolize carbohydrates, proteins and fats. It is also essential in maintaining energy supplies. It assists in coordinating the activity of nerves and muscles. Finally, it supports proper heart function.

Folacin-
Helps with the reproduction systems of both men and women. It helps with dementias such as Alzheimer’s disease. Folacin is also helpful in preventing fractures caused by osteoporosis. It assists with cell production, especially in the skin.

Chards

History
Chards are a close relative to beets, it is an ancient vegetable cultivated for its attractive tasty leaves. It is Native to the Mediterranean and it is well known to the Greeks. Aristotle wrote about Red Swiss Chard in 4th century B.C. The Romans than introduced the vegetable to central and northern Europe, from there it spread to China in the 7th century.

Medicinal
In folk medicine Swiss chard juice, was used as a decongestant and the leaves are said to neutralize acid.

Magnesium
Over half of the bodies Magnesium is found in the bones. Most of the rest of it is found in the muscles and soft tissues. Magnesium acts in all the cells of the soft tissues where it forms part of protein making. Together with calcium, magnesium is involved with muscle contraction and blood clotting.

Vitamin A
Vitamin A plays major a role in the human body. The first part it performs in our bodies is that it promotes vision; helping the cornea. It also assists in the adaptation of light energy into nerve impulses at the retina. Vitamin A is also important for young children. It supports reproduction and growth. When young children have a lot of Vitamin A, they often gain weight and grow taller. Along with assisting eye site it also assists the body when fighting off viral infections.

Collards

History
Collard greens date back to prehistoric times, and are one of the oldest members of the cabbage family. The ancient Greeks grew kale and collards, although they made no distinction between them. Well before the Christian era, the Romans grew several kinds including those with large leaves and stalks and a mild flavor; broad-leaved forms like collards; and others with curled leaves. The Romans may have taken the coles to Britain and France or the Celts may have introduced them to these countries. They arrived into the British Isles in the 4th century B.C.

Copper
Copper helps form hemoglobin, and also helps with manufacturing collagen and healing wounds. Copper like iron is needed in many of the metabolic reactions related to the release of energy.

Vitamin K
Vitamin K is important because it helps with blood clotting, its presence can make the difference between life and death. It also participates in the synthesis of bone proteins. Without Vitamin K the bones produce an abnormal protein that cannot bind to the minerals that normally form bones; bone density is low.

Calcium
A sufficient intake of calcium helps grow a healthy skeleton in early life and helps to reduce bone loss in later life. Calcium not only assists in the fortification of strong bones. It also participates in the regulation of muscle contractions, the clotting of blood, the transmission of nerve impulses, the secretions of hormones and the activation of some enzyme reactions. It also assists in helping to maintain a healthy body weight.

Dandelion

History
The dandelion’s use as a medicinal herb goes as far back into Chinese history. The Arabs recognized its usefulness next and wrote about it around the eleventh century. They then taught its medicinal benefits to the Europeans. The Mayflower arrived in 1620, and there were no dandelions.  By 1671 North America was covered in them.

Medicinal
Dandelion is a good source of calcium, potassium, vitamin A, and vitamin C. One serving of dandelion green has as much calcium as half a cup of milk. It is also excellent for its diuretic.

Riboflavin
A lack of Riboflavin in the body causes an inflammation of the membranes of the mouth skin, eyes and GI tract. A healthy dose of Riboflavin helps protect cells from oxygen damage. It also supports cellular energy production.

Phosphorus
Is the second most abundant mineral in the body. Phosphorus is found combined with Calcium in bones and teeth.

Iron
Iron assists in a number of essential functions which the body performs daily. It helps to carry and then release oxygen. It also assists in making new red blood cells. Around the world Iron is the most common nutrient deficiency it affects more then 1.2 billion people. Iron intake is very import for infants and young children, it is so important because due to their high milk diets they receive very little iron, and iron is essential to help their rapid growth. Teens are also affected with an insufficient amount of iron due to a poor diet and rapid growth. Finally, because iron assists in making new red blood cells women lose a great deal of iron during menstruation, which often leads to an iron deficiency. Iron is also instrumental in maintaining a healthy the immune system.

Kale

History
The ancient Greeks grew kale and collards, although they made no distinction between them. Well before the Christian era, the Romans grew several kinds including those with large leaves and stalks and a mild flavor; broad-leaved forms like collards; and others with curled leaves. The Romans may have taken the coles to Britain and France or the Celts may have introduced them to these countries. They arrived into the British Isles in the 4th century B.C.

Niacin 
Are central in energy transfer reactions, especially the metabolism of glucose, fat and alcohol. Niacin is important because it helps to lower cholesterol and stabilize blood sugar levels. It also supports genetic processes in cells. Finally, it helps protect your body process fats.

B-6
A great amount of recent research has shown that in the last decade Vitamin B-6 influences cognitive performance, immune functions and steroid hormone activity. Vitamin B-6 is stored extensively in muscle tissue.

Vitamin A
Vitamin A plays major role in the human body. The first part it performs in our bodies is that it promotes vision helping the cornea. It also assists in the adaptation of light energy into nerve impulses at the retina. Vitamin A is also important for young children it supports reproduction and growth. When young children have a lot of Vitamin A, they often gain weight and grow taller. Along with assisting eye site it also assist the body when fighting off viral infections

Kohlrabi

History
Used in northern Europe in the 5th Century, however it may have existed for centuries. A vegetable was described by Pliny in A.D 70 that was believed to be kohlrabi.

Vitamin C
Vitamin C helps to form a protein of connective tissues known as collagen. Collagen serves as the medium on which teeth and bones are formed. Also, when a person is wounded, collagen glues the separated tissues together forming scars. During high periods of physical stress during our daily routines the need for Vitamin C increases. Also, Vitamin C is a natural anti-histamine therefore this is why vitamin C is seen as a necessity  to combat the common cold.