Why You Need to be Eating Watercress

In Madison and Shepherd's Strange Alabama Segment today, Kimberly talked about the watercress capitol of the world. Huntsville calls itself the 'capitol' but really most of the harvest happens in the tiny town of New Market.

Watercress is the oldest green vegetable known to man. The worlds leading watercress company, Florida based B&W runs the operation in New Market. I learned a bit about this green veggie that makes me want to run out and buy a bag.

A growing body of evidence increasingly suggests that watercress in many ways stands alone and above other ‘super-food’ for it’s prowess as a cancer-fighter and preventer.

Ancient Romans ate it to get strong. Ancient Greeks believed it cured insanity. watercress.com boasts the powerful benefits of watercress. Watercress has more calcium than milk, more vitamin C than an orange and more absorbable iron than spinach.

Check out these recipes and more benifits from Watercress.com