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Uses: Soups or in Main Dishes
ZUCCHINI, A SMALL SUMMER version of the squash, is botanically a fruit. In gastronomic terms, however, it is considered a vegetable. Though you can have zucchini throughout the year, the best appear during the late spring.
Every 100 g of zucchini only has 15 calories. However, it offers many nutrients such as Vitamin C and B complex, as well as magnesium, calcium, potassium and protein.
Zucchini is rich in vitamin C, which is a powerful antioxidant and can provide protection against cardiovascular disease. Heart disease can thereby be prevented by eating zucchini, because of the anti oxidants in it. These diminish the effects of bad cholesterol in the human body. Health experts recommend eating this vegetable, alongside other types of summer squashes to prevent heart disease which is caused by the presence of bad cholesterol in the body. Heart arteries can simply be blocked if there is a great abundance of bad cholesterol, which then can result in a stroke or in a fatal heart attack.
Cancer Protection
You can attain the health benefits of zucchini through its skin through its high fiber content--and the presence of beta carotene--an antioxidant that can prevent cell damage. Antioxidants are vital to the body because they help in the reduction ofthe effects of old age such as memory loss. They aid in the regeneratation of cells and they even help to minimize the possibility of developing cancerious cells.
References
- Scott Kessman, "Health Benefits of Zucchini", http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/ 2906736/health_benefits_of_zucchini.html?cat=5
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zucchini
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Courgette_jaune.jpg
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Zucchiniflower.jpg
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TwoTondoPiaz.png
- "Benefits of Zucchini", http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/ lounge/benefits-of-zucchini-1313.html
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One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan
(Luke 17:15-16)
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The Zucchini History
 
Zucchini, like all summer squash, has its ancestry in the Americas. However, the varieties of squash typically called "zucchini" were indeed developed in Italy, many generations after their introduction from the "New World".
In all probability, this occurred in the very late 19th century, probably near Milan; early varieties usually included the names of nearby cities in their names. The alternate name courgette is from the French word for the vegetable, with the same spelling, and is commonly used in France, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.
It is a diminutive of courge, French for squash. "Zucca" is the Italian word for squash and "zucchina" is its diminutive, becoming "zucchine" in the plural. However, "zucchino", the masculine form, becoming "zucchini" in the plural, is just as commonly used and is prevalent in Tuscany.
Italian dictionaries such as "lo Zingarelli 1995, Zanichelli editor", give both forms. "Zucchini" is used in Italy , and in Australia, Canada and the United States. 'Zucchini' is plural in Italian whereas in English it is singular. The first records of zucchini in the United States date to the early 1920s. It was almost certainly brought over by Italian immigrants and probably was first cultivated in the United States in California.
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Ten years ago, Joni Olive-Badalian fought cancer and won--with prayer and Juicing. She had surgery and a little chemo, but the doctor said her cancer was gone prior to this. The rest was so that it never returned. He then asked her husband George, "What denomination of faith are you?"
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