Members of the umbelliferae family, along with carrots and celery, parsnips are nowhere near as popular, but deserve to be.

Because they look like carrots drained of color, you might think they're drained of nutrients as well, but in fact these sweet and flavorful root vegetables are brimming with benefits.

Parsnips contain important cancer-fighting phytonutrients.

Parsnips are also an excellent source of both soluble and insoluble fiber, and provide a good amount of folic acid, which helps prevent certain birth defects and reduces blood levels of homocysteine.

Many people think that if certain foods are good, a lot is better.
This is not always the case, and high doses of certain food are actually toxic.

Read about the healthy food, research the vitamins and minerals and check with your health care provider if you are unsure about how much to eat and how much may be too much.

The best way to get the daily requirement of 13 essential vitamins is to eat a balanced diet that contains a variety of foods and take a "Standardized" (quality) multivitamin supplement.