Once suitable only as salad-bar decor, foodies have elevated humble kale to the status of holy grail. Hipster-chip-chompers, beware: Kale is one of 16 vegetables most likely to be covered in pesticide residue, according to the Environmental Working Group. Too much of a good thing can be hazardous to your health: according to WebMD, kales high vitamin K content poses a deadly threat to people on blood thinners. And for people with thyroid problems. Kales goitrogenic properties may interfere with your bodys iodine uptake, according to livestrong. For most people, however, a normal service of cooked kale is just fine, as a leading endocrinologist recently told WBURs CommonHealth blog.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:03:13 +0000
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