eatjamaican.com  If you travel I-95 to Florida, right off  I-95 is Caribbean Sunrise  Bakery, a good alternative to fast-food contact us | register-restaurant | recipes | ital recipes | jamaican-foods | advertise | search| travelogue | about us | chat | reviews | jamaican groceries | home   Jamaican foods page 1  Jamaican foods page 2  Jamaican fruits  rastafarian cooking   ital recipes  ital foods Jamaican Foods-- Page Two Jamaican cuisine is healthy because it is made with many unprocessed foods, uses smaller portions of meats, has a high content of fish, beans, and vegetables, and, most of all, because it is an eclectic mix of the best that African, European, Indian, and Chinese cuisines have to offer. Moreover, Jamaicans have always been aware of the relationship between food and health. Perhaps Jamaican cuisine is healthy due to luck or happenstance. How else can anyone explain why some of the most highly rated medicinal herbs, e.g., ginger, garlic, all spice and hot peppers just happen to be the basic seasonings used in Jamaican cuisine. In this section we will provide information on some of the benefits of some common Jamaican foods. Avocados functions as butter, hard dough bread and bullas (a round basic hard cake, often made from stale bread) Cassava or Yucca Cassava or Yucca (also known as manioc and is used to make tapioca) can help prevent heart disease, reduce the risk of cancer, prevent cataracts, and help keep skin smooth. While cassava is not well known in the US it is the world's number two vegetable crop, after potatoes. Cassava is uniquely laden with iron plus vitamin C which you need to help your body to absorb iron. It is also a good source of magnesium which helps to protect your heart, bones, arteries and blood pressure. A half cup of cooked cassava contains 13 percent of the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) for women and 30 percent for men. And because it also contains 35 percent of the daily value of vitamin C, the iron in cassava is much easier to absorb. Sweet Potatoes Plantains plantains                                              bananas Plantains can help lower blood pressure, prevent and treat ulcers, prevent constipation, decrease the risk of hear disease. While plantains look like large bananas they are as different as apples and oranges. Unlike bananas, plantains need to be cooked before they are eaten. Plantains also pack different nutrients. Ounce for ounce, plantains contain more potassium than bananas. That means a plateful of plantains will reduce high blood pressure. One cup of cooked plantains contain 716 milligrams of or 20 percent of the daily value of potassium. And potassium is well established as a key mineral for heart disease prevention. Studies show people whose diets are low in potassium are at higher risk for high blood pressure, heart attacks, and strokes. A cup of cooked plantains provide about 49 milligrams of magnesium, or more than 12 percent of the daily value. Magnesium is another mineral that can help lower blood pressure, especially among people who are sensitive to sodium. Therefore, next time you are at your favorite Jamaican eatery, load up on those plantains. (Source: The Doctors Book of Food Remedies, 1998 Rodale Inc.)     Chocho (christophine)   Subscribe for exclusive recipes: such as calypso shrimp scampi, vegetarian patties, shrimp patty, oatmeal coconut cookies and more!  Pay $7.95 subscription for 1 year and get 1 exclusive Jamaican recipe e-mailed to you each month for one year. Sign-up now and get two exclusive bonus avocado desert recipes free in addition to your first month's recipe. Coco (eddo) Jamaican Yams Ripe plantains    Go to Jamaican Foods page 1 International Pages USA Pages Africa Asia Britain Canada Caribbean Jamaica Latin America United States Western Europe   HOME PAGE   Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky  Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New  Hampshire New Mexico Wyoming New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington-DC West Virginia Wisconsin Phone: 206-339-9034 Fax: 206-339-9034 E-mail: eatjamaican@eatjamaican.com  ©eatjamaican.com, 2008