Yup there’s actually a National Carrot Day. Not that you’ll score a day off from work or anything, but carrots are great for your health, garden, and body.
Carrots are packed full of antioxidant compounds, vitamin K and C and they’re the richest vegetable source of vitamin A. In fact a diet rich in carrots may even help you avoid heart problems. One study in particular noted that elderly individuals who ate at least one serving of carrots and/or squash each day had a 60% reduction in their risk of heart attacks compared to those who ate less than one serving of carotenoid-rich foods per day. That’s just the start though, carrots have tons of other health benefits too.
In the garden, carrots are insanely easy to grow and even make wonderful container veggies. You can grow a lot in a small space and there’s a large amount of carrot varieties to choose from. They’re so easy to grow in fact, that carrots are the perfect starter garden vegetable for kids. Carrots were the first veggie my son grew on his own (mostly on his own) and nothing is cuter than a little kid picking his first carrot. See a handy carrot growing guide.
And we could go on for days just talking about all the dishes you can make with carrots. While great right out of the garden, you’ve also got options for carrot juice, cakes, stir fry, muffins, salads, and so much more.
According to Yes To Carrots, makers of vegetable infused beauty products, carrots can make your skin, hair and body glowing and healthy and may even raise your spirits with song and dance as seen below.
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