{"id":85971,"date":"2024-06-25T14:47:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T13:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/horto\/hortos-fresh-produce-watercress\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T10:10:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T10:10:35","slug":"hortos-fresh-produce-watercress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/garden\/hortos-fresh-produce-watercress\/","title":{"rendered":"Horto&#8217;s Fresh Produce: Watercress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\"><br\/>With a very characteristic flavor and aroma and a slightly spicy touch, watercress is a vegetable that can be used in various recipes, such as salads, soups, and even smoothies. Dark green in color with white flowers, it is a food with many important nutrients for the body&#8217;s well-being.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p1\">Watercress can be grown at any time of year and, as it is a semi-aquatic plant, its natural habitats are cool, damp areas.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><br\/><br\/>In addition to being available all year round, watercress offers numerous health benefits:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"ul1 wp-block-list\"><li class=\"li1\"><b>Reduces blood pressure:<\/b> With good levels of potassium, calcium, and magnesium, watercress consumption is associated with lower blood pressure, preventing the risk of cardiovascular disease and keeping the heart healthy.<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><b>Healthy bones and muscles:<\/b> Rich in vitamin K, it facilitates the absorption of calcium in the body.<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><b>Helps prevent diabetes:<\/b> One of the main indications for consuming watercress is to control blood sugar levels. Its nutritional properties are effective in lowering glucose and preventing diabetes.<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><b>Eases respiratory problems:<\/b> With an anti-inflammatory effect and rich in antioxidant properties, watercress helps reduce symptoms of asthma, allergic rhinitis, bronchitis, and sinusitis. Additionally, watercress strengthens the immune system, preventing colds and flu.<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><b>Helps prevent anemia<\/b><\/li><li class=\"li1\"><b>Source of energy:<\/b> A source of essential nutrients, such as vitamin C and A, for example, consuming the plant helps our body have more energy for physical and daily activities, as it keeps the organism healthy and nourished.<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><b>Helps fight cancer:<\/b> Rich in antioxidants and micronutrients, watercress helps fight cancer cells. Breast, prostate, esophageal, and pancreatic cancer, for example, can be prevented by consuming this vegetable.<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><b>Helps with weight loss:<\/b> due to its low calorie content \u2013 it has only 22 calories per 100 grams.<\/li><li class=\"li1\"><b>Improves skin and hair health:<\/b> as it is rich in vitamins A and C and the B complex.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p class=\"p3\"><span style=\"color: #85ce19;\"><strong><br\/>Did you know that watercress has the ability to protect healthy cells during radiotherapy treatments in cancer patients?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/02_HCG_blog_agriao-1024x377.jpg\" alt=\"Horto's Fresh Produce: Watercress\" class=\"wp-image-8623\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a very characteristic flavor and aroma and a slightly spicy touch, watercress is a vegetable that can be used in various recipes, such as salads, soups, and even smoothies. Dark green in color with white flowers, it is a food with many important nutrients for the body&#8217;s well-being.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13019,"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":[991,989,992,779,990,810,809,988,808,987,1202,1203],"class_list":["post-85971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-garden","category-health","tag-freshproduce","tag-freshvegetables","tag-horto","tag-hortodocampogrande-en","tag-hortofresh","tag-portugueseproducts","tag-seasonalproducts","tag-vegboxes","tag-vegetablebaskets","tag-vegetables","tag-watercress","tag-watercresssoup"],"acf":[],"featured_image_src":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/00_HCG_blog_INTRO_850x450-1.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\/85971","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=85971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hortodocampogrande.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}