Eramlan Mohamed Rimhan

Very soon, vegetable stores and supermarkets are going to be filled with carrots, and we are here to give you 7 reasons why you must load your grocery bag with these delicious tubers next time you go veggie - shopping. Winters are here, and it's time for this season's favourite fruits and vegetables to take over our pantry. One such vegetable we have our hearts set on is the juicy, crunchy, desi carrots! "Carrots are good source of beta carotene which is a natural pigment that is used by the body to make Vitamin A and it has good amount of fibre", said Bangalore based nutritionist Dr. Sheela Manglani speaking about the high nutritive profile of carrots. "Raw carrots daily address the problem of constipation. Carrots also help maintain healthy cholesterol and prevent heart diseases. Being rich in potassium they help bring down cholesterol and water retention," says, Health Practitioner and Macrobiotic Nutritionist Shilpa Arora. Juice them, boil them or add them to your sabzis and chaats, but don't make the blunder of missing out on this storehouse of nutrients this winter!