Parsley Leaves 100 g, 50 g, 25 g

Parsley Leaves – 100 g ($12.99), 50 g ($8.99), 25 g ($5.99)

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.

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:
We make these suggestions to help you get the best benefit from the herbs that you’re choosing to improve your health. Also we make these ideas and recommendations so that consuming them easier and better fit into your lifestyle by adding them to the food that you already eat.
For the full health benefit, it is best to consume (or use the whole herb in poultices) the whole herb. All of the compounds in the herb act best together, as nature intends. Extracts draw out the most prominent beneficial compounds and may concentrate them. What is not extracted can be helpful in ways that we do not yet understand.

Cut Pieces or Powdered Herb:
There are different ways to use cut pieces or powdered herb.
Food Preparation: You can add powdered or pieces of herb (if the pieces you buy are bigger than you like, a coffee or herb grinder will quickly reduce) to any yogurt, smoothie, apple or other sauces, spreads, salads or other foods more familiar to you that don’t use heat. Heat can be damaging to the beneficial compounds in the herb. Other options like oatmeal, scrambled eggs, pasta sauce, soup, cookies and anything else that fits your lifestyle, but minimizing (by adding near the end of cooking) the heat is helpful.
Also, for children, you can mix powdered herb with honey or glycerin to make paste. The thicker the paste, the more potent and herbal in taste. The sweet taste of honey and glycerin will help medicine go down. The resulting liquid is called an electuary.
For seeds in general, but especially small seeds, it’s best to grind these to break the protective hulls a short time before consumption. This makes all the benefits available, rather than some remaining locked inside the hulls that are unbroken by insufficient chewing.
To make adding herbs even easier, you could add a week’s worth of your chosen herb(s) to an amount of, for example, yogurt that you would eat in a week. Mix thoroughly and eat this each day of the week. So you make once /week and just eat each other day.
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. The heat from making tea can degrade some of the beneficial compounds in the herb. This method minimizes this effect. For the full health benefit, it is recommended to consume what is left over after making tea.
Decoctions: Decoctions are suitable for roots, barks, large seeds & berries, and other dense material. The simple way to make decoction is, in a saucepan, add 1 tablespoon of dried herbs to 1 cup of water, Bring the water to boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30-60 minutes with the pot covered. Squeeze out as much as liquid as possible. Best practice is to drink the liquid and also consume the solid material that remains. Herb pieces can also be used.
Powdered Herb:
There are different ways to use powdered herb.
Capsules: HerbsCrafters makes capsules guaranteed to be filled with the pure herb with no filler or any other products. You can also use powdered herb to make your own capsules at home. These capsules are best taken with liquid to aid in digestion and absorption and to ensure it doesn’t stick in your throat.
Poultice: Poultice can be made with an herbal powder and liquid (mostly water) to form a paste which is then applied to the skin. This method is very helpful for skin conditions.
Herbal shot: Powdered herb can be mixed with water, fruit juice or other liquid to make herbal shot.

Tips:
You can sweeten your herbal decoctions with bit of honey, natural fruit juice, stevia leaves powder or licorice root powder.

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

How Much To Use
It is common that 10g of a fresh herb = 1g when dehydrated.
Recommended daily amount: 1 -5 tsp of parsley leaves (2-10 g)/ day. This can be split into 2 or more uses and added to food, drink or to make tea.