What are bitter foods and what are they for?

Artichokes

This time we will talk about bitter tasting foods, those that are detected as a basic flavor by our taste buds.

Bitter foods have a number of beneficial properties for our body, so we must take advantage of them. Among them, we can mention, for example, the vast majority of green vegetables and herbs, which have a large amount of natural chemicals that improve health and delay aging, in addition to detoxifying the body, keeping us protected against cancer (especially breast cancer). and the digestive tract), and also help us to reduce cholesterol levels in the blood. They also help us to be protected against heart disease. Also bitter vegetables contain essential minerals, vitamins such as B and folate.

Now looking at some foods that have a bitter taste, we find artichokes, chard, cauliflower, asparagus, tomatoes, lettuces, olives, pumpkins, cauliflowers, grapefruits, bitter gourds, pure coffee, beer, tonic water and chocolate without presence of sugar, olives, aubergine, lemon juice, among others.


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