https://ecosalon.com/braised-chickpeas-and-carrots-with-yogurt-topping/ Sun, 29 Nov 2015 15:51:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.25 https://ecosalon.com/braised-chickpeas-and-carrots-with-yogurt-topping/#comment-65711 Wed, 26 Jun 2013 10:35:54 +0000 http://ecosalon.com/?p=138041#comment-65711 […] Cooking carrots break down their tough cellular walls. It’s hard to properly chew carrots and optimally benefit from the beta-carotene content. In the body, beta-carotene is converted to vitamin A, which is beneficial for bone health, the immune system, and vision. According to a 2008 report in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, boiling or steaming carrots made its antioxidants, most notably carotenoids, more ready available to the body. […]

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