Parsley Leaves 100 g, 50 g, 25 g

Parsley Leaves – 100 g ($15.99), 50 g ($10.99), 25 g ($7.99)

Benefits
Nutrient Rich
Two tablespoons (8 grams) of parsley provide:
Calories: 2
Vitamin A: 12% of the Reference Daily Intake (RDI)
Vitamin C: 16% of the RDI
Vitamin K: 154% of the RDI

Parsley is low in calories yet rich in important nutrients, such as vitamins A, K, and C. Vitamin A is an essential nutrient that plays a key role in your immunity and eye health. Plus, it’s important for your skin and may improve skin conditions, such as acne. Parsley is also a great source of vitamin K, a nutrient that supports bone and heart health, more than you need in a day.

Aside from its role in bone and heart health, vitamin K is essential for proper blood clotting, which can help prevent excessive bleeding. Additionally, parsley is packed with vitamin C, a nutrient that improves heart health and is vital to your immune system. Vitamin C also acts as a powerful antioxidant, protecting your cells from damage caused by unstable molecules called free radicals.

What’s more, parsley is a good source of the nutrients magnesium, potassium, folate, iron, and calcium.

Improve Blood Sugar
Aside from diabetes, elevated blood sugar levels can occur due to an unhealthy diet or a lack of exercise. Elevated blood sugar levels can increase your risk of health complications, such as insulin resistance, diabetes, heart disease, and metabolic syndrome — a cluster of symptoms including high cholesterol and high blood sugar.

Animal studies suggest that antioxidants in parsley may effectively reduce high blood sugar levels. For example, a study in rats with type 1 diabetes found that those given parsley extract experienced greater reductions in blood sugar levels and improvements in pancreatic function compared to a control group. Along with eating a balanced diet, adding parsley to your cooking may help support healthy blood sugar levels. That said, human studies are needed to better understand the effects of parsley on blood sugar levels.

Heart Health
Heart conditions like heart attacks and strokes are the leading cause of death worldwide. An unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, smoking, and high alcohol intake can all contribute to heart disease. Parsley contains many plant compounds, including carotenoid antioxidants, which have been found to benefit heart health by reducing heart disease risk factors.

For instance, carotenoid-rich diets have been shown to improve heart disease risk factors like chronic inflammation, as well as elevated blood pressure and LDL (bad) cholesterol levels. What’s more, population studies indicate that diets high in carotenoid can decrease your risk of heart conditions like coronary artery disease.

A 12-year study in 73,286 nurses found an inverse association between dietary carotenoids and the incidence of coronary artery disease. Another large study in 13,293 people, who were followed for up to 18 years, observed that those with higher blood levels of carotenoids had lower rates of heart disease mortality than those with lower carotenoid levels.

Parsley also contains vitamin C, a powerful antioxidant that may benefit your heart health. A study in 13,421 people demonstrated that those with the highest intake of vitamin C had a significantly reduced risk of heart disease compared to those with the lowest intake.

Kidney Health
Your kidneys are important organs that constantly filter your blood, removing waste and extra water, which is then excreted with your urine. Sometimes, when urine becomes concentrated, mineral deposits can form and lead to a painful condition called kidney stones.

A study in rats with kidney stones found that those treated with parsley had decreased urinary calcium and protein excretion, as well as increased urinary pH and urination compared to a control group.

Parsley has also been shown to have anti-inflammatory properties due to its antioxidants, including flavonoids, carotenoids, and vitamin C.

Additionally, parsley may help keep your kidneys healthy by reducing high blood pressure, a major risk factor for kidney disease. Parsley is high in nitrates that help dilate blood vessels, which improves blood flow and lowers high blood pressure. Research indicates that nitrate-rich foods like parsley can help maintain healthy blood pressure levels. The anti-inflammatory properties of parsley, along with its ability to regulate urinary pH and reduce blood pressure, may help keep your kidneys healthy and lower your risk of kidney stones.

Keep in mind that parsley is relatively high in oxalates — compounds that may increase kidney stone risk. Still, health experts recommend that only people with hyperoxaluria — characterized by excessive oxalate excretion in the urine — limit their intake of dietary oxalates.

Antibacterial properties
Parsley contains essential oils, including apiol and myristicin, which have antibacterial effects and fight potentially harmful bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus.

Bone Health
Parsley is rich in vitamin K, potassium, magnesium, and calcium – all of which are essential to bone health.

Immunity
Research shows that apigenin — an antioxidant in parsley — regulates immune function by reducing inflammation and preventing cellular damage.

Liver Health
Studies in rats with diabetes found that parsley may prevent liver damage, enhance liver function, and boost antioxidant levels.

 

Botanical Name: Petroselinum sativum
English: Parsley Tea Cut, Parsley Leaves Fine Cut
Also, known as: Parsley Breakstone, Garden Parsley, Rock Parsley, Baqdunis, Maqdunis, Magdanoz, Ou qin, Peršin, Petržel, Persille, Persilja, Persil commun, Blattpetersilie, Petersilie, Maïntano, Maintanos, Makedonisi, Persemolo, Petrosilia, Petrezselyem, Prezzemolo, Paserı, Ра sul li, Vanns baraing, Pietruszka zwyczajna, Salsa, Petrushka, Peršun, Peteršilj, Petržlen záhradný, Perejil, Bladpersilja, Persilja, Phak chi farang, Maydanoz, Rau mùi tây, Parsley Tea Cut, Parsley Leaves Tea, Parsley Leaves Fine Cut.
Origin: Egypt
Harvested: Cultivated
Parts Used: Leaves

General Information:
Petroselinum sativum is a member of the Apiaceae family of plants. Relatives of this common culinary herb include the garden vegetable carrot, parsnip, and celery. Parsley is a biennial plant with a fleshy, spindle-shaped root, and around, striated, erect, smooth, branching stem. The bright green leaves are feather-like in appearance, tri-pinnate, finely divided and borne on long, channeled petioles; the leaflets are rhomboidal-ovate, wedge-shaped at the base, deeply incised, the segments mucronate and sometimes rounded. Some varieties are flat-leafed, others are more compact and curlier. The upper leaves gradually become more entire and narrower, till the uppermost are simply ternate with linear segments. Diminutive five-petaled flowers are yellow-green and borne in dense, flat-topped clusters. They bloom in midsummer. The gray-brown seeds are tiny, ribbed and ovate. Parsley can grow as much as 3-4 feet high in its second year as the flower-bearing stems become nearly leafless and reach for the sun. The fruit is ovate, about a line long, corn pressed, pale greenish-brown, the back occupied by three elevated, pale primary ridges, the two others quite on the margin at the side.

The plant has a grateful aroma. The seeds, herb, and root are the medicinal parts; the root has rather an agreeable odor, and a saccharine, slightly spicy taste, and should be used while fresh. The root and herb contain small quantities of volatile oil, larger quantities are contained in the seeds.

How to use:
Hot Infusion:
The basic method for dried herbs and flower is, take 2-3 tablespoons of dried herb in a cup or teapot. Pour hot water over it and cover it with lid for 10-30 minutes. Hot water is needed to draw out the antioxidants, enzymes, vitamins, flavonoids and volatile oils from the botanicals. Strain and squeeze out as much as liquid as possible and enjoy!

Tips:
You can sweeten your herbal tea with bit of honey, natural fruit juice, Stevia leaves powder and or Licorice root powder.
You can make ice cubes or pops by freezing tea in ice tray or pop molds.

Precautions:
You should consult with a qualified healthcare practitioner before using any herbal products, particularly if you are pregnant, nursing, or on any medications. All information on this website is for educational purpose ONLY
This information has not been evaluated by Health Canada.
This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.