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Food Facts


Below you will find all the past MuscleTalker articles about specific foods

Alfalfa Sprouts
The sprouting seeds of the Medicago sativa, also known as Chilean clover in goldrush California, are little known and nutrient packed

Asparagus
This vegetable has a long history, having been cultivated for over 2000 years, starting with the Roman's and Greeks who recognised its nutritional and medicinal uses

Avocado
The avocado has a long and chequered past; in Aztec times it was regarded to have aphrodisiac qualities

Beef
Beef really needs no introduction; however, it has been much maligned and for many health conscious bodybuilders its gone the way of liver tablets

Broccoli
Broccoli, nearly as traumatic for some as the thought of cabbage, is in fact a nutritional powerhouse of a vegetable

Brussel Sprouts
Brussel Sprouts are a traditional Christmas vegetable, so much so it's like it's almost compulsory to eat them!

Chocolate
I wish chocolate was a health food, but honestly, it isn't really. However, if you stick to the dark cocoa rich varieties it has a few little surprises

Garlic
This relative of the onion, shallot and leek has been around a very long time

Grapefruit
High in vitamin C and potassium. A good source of folate, iron, calcium and other minerals

Liver
Liver is a love it or hate it food, and often gets neglected. However if you are looking for a powerful nutrient punch then liver delivers!

Oats
Oats, or avina sativa, are a highly nutritious grain which provide good amounts of slow released carbohydrate for sustained energy

Pineapple
Ananas comosus, or to give it its English name the pineapple, came to attention in 1493 with the second voyage of Columbus

Sea Bass
Not a giant sea bass ready to mount a laser, which you will find of the coast of California, but the European Sea Bass, Dicentrarchus labrax or Morone labraxm

Strawberry
AKA Fragaria x ananassa

Tomato
Let's answer the ultimate question first; the tomato is actually a fruit, not a vegetable!

Vitargo
Vitargo is a synthetic carbohydrate which has some unique properties that make it of particular interest to athletes of all kinds