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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-amazing-asparagus-part-1/">Food of the Week [Part I]: Amazing Asparagus</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted March 29, 2008 at 06:00 PM by Jessica Hale</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Spring has finally sprung! With April right around the corner, it’s time to stow away the parkas, bust out the umbrellas and watch the snow melt. It’s also the peak time for asparagus, a delicious and healthful sprout perfect for this week’s spring-themed Food of the Week. Originally enjoyed throughout ancient Egypt, Africa and the Mediterranean, asparagus was made popular in the West by King Louis XIV of France and is now cultivated in many temperate climates. King Louis may not have known that he was introducing the world to an excellent source of folate; one serving of asparagus provides nearly two-thirds of the daily recommended intake. Folate helps keep heart disease at bay by reducing blood levels of homocysteine, a transformed amino acid which weakens blood vessel walls and interferes with the production of collagen. Just 400 micrograms a…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-amazing-asparagus-part-1/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-amazing-asparagus-part-1/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-amazing-asparagus-part-1/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-amazing-asparagus-part-1/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-nutrition/">her-nutrition</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/healthy-eating/">healthy-eating</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/recipes/">recipes</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/vegetarianism/">vegetarianism</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/special-features/">special-features</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/food-of-the-week/">food-of-the-week</a><br /><br /> </P>