{"id":851,"date":"2012-12-06T23:43:26","date_gmt":"2012-12-06T23:43:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/?p=851"},"modified":"2012-12-06T23:43:26","modified_gmt":"2012-12-06T23:43:26","slug":"asparagus-is-in-season-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/asparagus-is-in-season-in-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Asparagus is in Season in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Asparagus011.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-857\" title=\"Asparagus01\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Asparagus011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Asparagus011.jpg 360w, http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Asparagus011-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asparagus has been used as a healing food for many centuries &#8211; Traditional Chinese Medical Practitioners have used it for everything from arthritis to reproductive disorders. The high potassium, low sodium mineral balance makes the plant a natural diuretic, and thus it has been used historically for problems involving fluid retention and swelling, including PMS-related water retention.<\/p>\n<p>It is also high in folic acid, and one cup alone supplies up to 60% of the daily recommended intake of this mineral. Folic acid is especially important in pregnancy and pre-conception care, in order to prevent neural tube defects and promote proper brain development.<\/p>\n<p>Asparagus spears are also an excellent source of Vitamins K, A and C, along with many B vitamins and fibre, making them an ideal food for almost everyone. The one proviso applies to those who are prone to gout, as they do contain purines.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. Asparagus has been used as a healing food for many centuries &#8211; Traditional Chinese Medical Practitioners have used it for everything from arthritis to reproductive disorders. The high potassium, low sodium mineral balance makes the plant a natural diuretic, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/2012\/12\/06\/asparagus-is-in-season-in-december\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":861,"href":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851\/revisions\/861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vivehealth.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}