Health benefits:

The folate and vitamin B6 present in radish microgreens helps in cardiovascular health promotion. It causes by the breaking down of homocysteine which is involved in the deposition of fats in blood vessels causing heart attack and brain haemorrhage. To read more about the amazing health benefits of radish microgreens.

 

• Natural diuretic
• Anti-fungal and anti-bacterial
• Detoxifying food
• Has anti-inflammatory properties
• Help prevent lungs cancer
• Recommended in jaundice treatment
• Contributes to purify the blood
• Beneficial for weight management
• Proven to be beneficial in urinary disorders
• Helps with constipation
• Contribute to cleanse the body
• Soothes the digestive system
• Relieves congestion, good for allergies, infections or colds

 

How to Use:

Radish microgreens can be served raw or cooked. They an excellent taste to salads as it has a somewhat sweet but spicy flavor or why not sprinkle it over a pizza. When they are cooked the give a slightly milder taste, similar to turnips.

 

Radish microgreens are an excellent addition to soups and curries, omelets and stir-fries, even in pizzas and pasta. You can mix different kinds of microgreens like radish, sunflower, and arugula for a yummy fresh vegetable salad. Like other microgreens, it is not ideal to cook radish microgreens for too long because they will break apart and become mushy.

 

Flavor:

Radish microgreens have an extremely punchy peppery flavor, much like that of their adult vegetable and just as intense.

 

Nutritional Benefits:

Radish microgreens are a low-calorie food. You get the same nutritional benefits you get from eating radish when you eat radish microgreens.  Vitamin C, antioxidants (catechin, pyrogallol, vanillic acid, and other phenolic compounds), riboflavin, niacin, thiamine, vitamin B6, folate, potassium, iron, and manganese. Eating radish microgreens allows us to have healthy cells safe from damage. It also reduces the risk of diabetes. Radish microgreens also help protect our liver. It also helps the body’s cardiovascular system.

 

They are also high in vitamins A, B, C, E, & K. Furthermore they also contain folic acid, calcium, magnesium, niacin, potassium, pantothenic acid, iron, phosphorus, and zinc, carotenes.  Vitamin K (phylloquinone) is required for blood coagulation and is most abundant in dark green leafy vegetables such as spinach and broccoli. Radish microgreens are a good source of Vitamin K.  They are filled with an abundant source of Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid) with over three times the amount in mature spinach leaves. Vitamin C is an essential nutrient for the human body and acts as an antioxidant.  The carotenoids (beta carotene/ Vitamin A, lutein, zeaxanthin, violaxanthin) are fat soluble antioxidants that can protect cellular structures from damage. The beta carotene content of daikon radish shoots is comparable to that of carrots and sweet potatoes. The carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin have been shown to play a critical role in preventing age-related macular degeneration and cataract. Radish microgreens has levels similar to mature spinach leaves, widely considered to be an excellent source of lutein and zeaxanthin.  This microgreen has an high contents of the fat soluble antioxidant Vitamin E (alpha and gamma tocopherols).