{"id":85921,"date":"2024-06-25T14:47:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/horto\/hortos-fresh-produce-arugula\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:08:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:08:39","slug":"hortos-fresh-produce-arugula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/garden\/hortos-fresh-produce-arugula\/","title":{"rendered":"Horto’s Fresh Produce: Arugula"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With its green leaves and intense, slightly bitter, and peppery flavor, arugula is a highly nutritious vegetable originating from the Mediterranean. It is commonly used in salads, sandwiches, pizzas, and even soups. Find it, along with other vegetables, at #osfrescosdoHorto<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Benefits of Arugula<\/h3>\n

From the same family as cabbage, turnips, and watercress, it contains antioxidant substances that help reduce the risk of developing age-related diseases. With great stimulating power, this vegetable also has a significant impact on the immune and nutritional systems, mainly due to its low calorie count. Furthermore, including this vegetable in your diet is important for preventing and fighting other diseases:<\/p>\n

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  • Helps prevent some types of cancer: A source of several compounds that help protect the body from prostate, breast, cervical, colon, uterine, ovarian, skin, lung, and mouth cancers.<\/li>\n
  • An ally for bone and brain health: Rich in vitamin K, which is important for protein formation, clotting mechanisms, and bone strengthening. Adequate levels of vitamin K in the diet help limit neuronal degeneration, making it very useful in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.<\/li>\n
  • Anti-depressant: Arugula contains high levels of vitamin B, which is important for better brain function and reducing depression.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Adding a few arugula leaves to your salads will give them a very pleasant flavor and a touch of health!<\/p>\n

    DID YOU KNOW that arugula is also known as Italian cress and Persian mustard?<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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    With its green leaves and intense, slightly bitter, and peppery flavor, arugula is a highly nutritious vegetable originating from the Mediterranean. Find it, along with other vegetables, at #osfrescosdoHorto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[777,936],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garden","category-health"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Os-Frescos-do-Horto-Rucula-Blogue.jpg","author_info":{"display_name":"Hugo Silva","author_link":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/author\/hugos\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}