Celery Nutrition Facts

Are you ready to learn about the all the nutrients that the celery plant contains and about the celery health benefits? Fasten your seat belt and lets start the ride to wellness!

Celery is a youth maintainer! It is abundant in water, calcium, phosphorus, vitamin A and many other important nutrients. Great for the skin.

Celery is classified as a protective food, because of its protective properties that are important for our brain.

Celery Nutrition Facts

1 cup (or 2.3 dl) of raw celery gives you 11% of your daily vitamin A requirement, 5% of your daily calcium need, 6% of your vitamin C need and 1% of your body's iron requirement per day.

There are 19 calories in one cup of celery.

1 pound of Celery contains:

FYI: 1 pound is a lot, almost 1/2 kilo! Iron 2.7mg

Vitamin A 182 I.U

Thiamine 0.13mg

Riboflavin 0.09mg

Calcium 63.5mg

Niacin 0.45mg

Phosphorus 50mg
Ascorbic Acid 55mg

Other Celery Nutrition Facts:

Water 95%

Protein 1.8g

Fat 3.18g

Carbohydrates 51.4g

Calories in Celery

1 cup (2.3 dl): 19 calories

1 pound: 218 calories

Other important nutrients:

Potassium, Sodium, Sulfur, Vitamin C, Vitamin G, Chlorine, Magnesium

Avoid sickness by eating nutritious food like celery every day. Celery is one of those foods that keep us healthy.

For you to be encouraged to eat celery, read the following:

Celery Health Benefits - Health Benefits of Celery

1. When you experience stiffness or cracking in your joints it means one thing, your body has a too high calcium level and is lacking in sodium.

The best way to replenish our lack in sodium is to eat celery or other high sodium veggies, but not salt! Because salt is not healthy for us, but the sodium present in vegetables is something very much needed by our body.

2. The celery plant contains protective properties, which are very helpful for our brain and nervous system.

3. Celery is the best food to eat for those who have arthritis, neuritis or rheumatism.

4. Celery helps lower high blood pressure.

5. Celery helps to neutralize acid and is a good blood cleanser.

6. Celery aids digestion, helps prevent acidosis and purifies bloodstream.

7. The celery leaves are good for the treatment of diabetes if they are eaten raw.

Think of the following when buying celery:

1. Choose a medium sized celery, medium in length, thickness and firmness.

2. The darker the color of the stalks, the more Vitamin A it contains.

3. Beware of bruised and rotten celery.

4. Don't buy celery that has yellow stalks, because that means it contains low amounts of Vitamin A and C.

5. After purchasing celery it should be stored in the refrigerator because it is highly perishable.

6. Celery should be scrubbed and washed thoroughly, to remove the dirt and poisonous sprays used that might harm us.

7. If possible, buy organic celery.

The best way to eat celery is raw, but if you are cooking celery do not overcook it, just steam it only enough to break the fiber. Use very little water when steaming celery. Celery is very good in soups and fits with most foods.

Want to know more about the celery plant and about other nutritious healthy foods? Then you could read the following two books I have used as references when writing this Celery Nutrition Facts page:

- Foods that Heal. Author: Bernard Jensen

- The New Complete Book of Food. Author: Carol Kinzler

Other sources I used for this writing this page:

http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-celery-i11143

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/1_cup_how_many_deciliter

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