Purple Carrots

SUMMARY FROM 'The Sun Herald, 8 August 2010, page 35, by Keisey Munro'

Purple carrots are now concidered as the next superfood. An Australian study has shown they are high in anti-inflammatory properties and antioxidants. Tested on rats for a 16 week pre-clinical trial, they were fed a typical western diet on junk food for the first 8 weeks and then scientists added purple carrot juice to their diets in the second 8 week period. Their bodies went back to normal dispite continuing a fatty mimiced western diet. Purple carrots have upto 28 times more anthocyanins than standard orange carrots. Scientists believe this antioxidant that creates the purple-red pigment in certain foods is anti-inflamatory. There should be a resurgence of vegy gardeners growing purple carrots. A full study and results are to be released in the British Journal of Nutrition.

An interesting story I thought. I have had a good harvest this year and my purple carrots are being harvested now as the family needs them. So I'll be growing purple carrots again this summer, really not because of the above story in todays newspaper, but because they are just as good as all the other vegetables I grow. They are interesting in colour and I grow them cleanly. Unlike commercially grown vegies, I don't use all those crappy pesticides and poisons on our food. Actually I don't use anything at all.

An update on my patch: Brocolli are forming very nice heads and are ready for harvesting now. The cabbages are growing well too and about four of the plants are really forming beautifully. Garlic and onions growing fine. The patch is due for a late winter weeding. So next weekend or possibly during this week.