About Parsley

Parsley is native to the Mediterranean region (southern Italy, Algeria, and Tunisia).  There is another plant called, “fool’s parsley” that is actually deadly.  So the ancient history of parsley is that is was known for death and devil!  Once everyone figured out that parsley and fool’s parsley were actually different plants, parsley started to become used more and more and used for medicinal purposes.

Nutrition Benefits of Parsley

Parsley is a great source of vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C, and iron.  By weight, parsley has 3x as much vitamin C as oranges.  It also contains antioxidant flavonoids and an antioxidant called Luteolin.

A few benefits that parsley has been linked to is bone health, brain function, alzheimers, eye health, blood health, cancer-fighter, and detoxification.