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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-awesome-asparagus-part-2/">Food of the Week [Part II]: Awesome Asparagus</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted March 30, 2008 at 06:00 PM by Jessica Hale</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Alfred, Lord Tennyson once said that in spring, a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love. Surely he meant love of asparagus, everyone’s favourite spring-harvested vegetable that is as delicious as it is nutritious. Asparagus is quite high in potassium and relatively low in sodium. This unique mineral profile makes it an effective natural diuretic. The presence of the amino acid asparagine contributes to this effect as well, and may be partially responsible for the distinct urinary odour that occurs after an asparagus-heavy meal. More recent studies, however, suggest that this peculiar side effect is due to the presence of compounds in asparagus that release sulphur as they are digested. (Either way, the odour is nothing to worry about and will go away in a few hours.) If you tend to retain water before your period, eating asparagus…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-awesome-asparagus-part-2/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-awesome-asparagus-part-2/">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-awesome-asparagus-part-2/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/food-of-the-week-awesome-asparagus-part-2/">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>