{"id":1133492,"date":"2022-06-24T18:31:47","date_gmt":"2022-06-24T18:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/24\/health-benefits-of-leeks\/"},"modified":"2022-06-24T18:31:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T18:31:47","slug":"health-benefits-of-leeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/24\/health-benefits-of-leeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Benefits of Leeks &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>Leeks look like a giant green onion but have a much milder, somewhat sweet flavor and a creamier texture when cooked. Leeks are a rich source of antioxidants, particularly polyphenols and sulphur compounds. Antioxidants fight oxidation, which damages your cells and contributes to illnesses like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease.<\/p>\n<p>Leeks are a particularly great source of kaempferol, a polyphenol antioxidant thought to protect against heart disease and some types of cancer. They\u2019re likewise a great source of allicin, the same beneficial sulfur compound that gives garlic its antimicrobial, cholesterol-lowering, and potential anticancer properties.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/907929d3960140debdbd99173647929d\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Leeks are alliums, a family of vegetables that include onions and garlic. Alliums lower risk of heart disease and stroke. Leeks help in weight loss. Leeks are a good source of water and fiber, which may prevent hunger, promote feelings of fullness, and help you naturally eat less. They also provide soluble fiber, which forms a gel in your gut and is particularly effective at reducing hunger and appetite.<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: AsieduSamuel_06 (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       () , , , , , , , , .      \/ ,  and\/or  .     ,  , and\/or  ,      and\/or     <\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"see-more\"><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<section class=\"tags\">\nLeeks<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeks look like a giant green onion but have a much milder, somewhat sweet flavor and a creamier texture when cooked. Leeks are a rich source of antioxidants, particularly polyphenols and sulphur compounds. Antioxidants fight oxidation, which damages your cells and contributes to illnesses like diabetes, cancer, and heart disease. Leeks are a particularly great [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1133493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[726,403,18829],"class_list":["post-1133492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-top-stories","tag-benefits","tag-health","tag-leeks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1133492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1133492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1133492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1133492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}