FREE: Cosmic Purple Carrot Seeds!!! Antioxidant rich (moreso than the orange)

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Nutrition Facts for Purple Carrots (vs Orange and Yellow Cultivars)
All carrots are low in calories and rich in dietary fiber, vitamin K, vitamin C, potassium, and manganese. Furthermore, all carrots (except the white cultivars) are good sources of carotenoids. That said, there are some substantial nutritional differences between purple/black and orange/yellow carrots:

Fact 1: Orange carrots contain the highest levels of total carotenoids, but also purple cultivars such as Purple Haze contain significant levels.

Fact 2: In yellow and purple carrots, lutein represents almost half of the total carotenoids. By contrast, in orange carrots, beta-carotene is the dominating carotenoid (65%).

Fact 3: Purple carrots contain higher amounts of phenolics (especially anthocyanins) and show higher antioxidant capacity than their orange and yellow counterparts.

The Extraordinary Health Benefits of Purple Carrots
While vitamin C and carotenoids, such as lutein, certainly contribute to some of the health benefits of the purple carrot, most of the health-protecting power of this newly rediscovered superfood can be attributed to anthocyanins. In laboratory studies, these plant pigments have been shown to exert extremely strong antioxidant effects (even stronger than vitamin E analogues).

Considering the significant amounts of anthocyanins in purple carrots, it is not surprising that purple carrot varieties, such as Purple Haze, have been shown to have stronger antioxidant activity than their yellow and orange counterparts.

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