Health Benefits of Leek

What are the health benefits and vitamins in Leek?

Vitamins in Leek

Like onion and garlic leek also belongs to allium vegetables.
→ Sulphur components in leek fight against the free radicals in our body.
Vitamins In Leek
→ Relaxes blood vessels and provides cardiovascular support.
→ It has anti-cancerous and diabetes-fighting properties.
→ It has
anti-bacterial, anti-viral and anti-fungal properties.

Listed the vitamins and its nutritional fact present in Leek.

VitaminsUnitValue per 100g
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid mg12.0
Thiamin mg0.060
Riboflavin mg0.030
Niacin mg0.400
Vitamin B-6 mg0.233
Folate, DFE µg64
Vitamin B-12 µg0.00
Vitamin A, RAE µg83
Vitamin A, IU IU1667
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) mg0.92
Vitamin D (D2 + D3) µg0.0
Vitamin D IU0
Vitamin K (phylloquinone) µg47.0


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