Turnips nutrition facts

• Turnips are very low calorie root vegetables; contains only 28 calories per 100 g. However, they are very good source of anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins and dietary fiber.
  
• Fresh roots are indeed one of the vegetables rich in vitamin C; provide about 21mg or 35% of DRA of vitamin C per 100 g. Vitamin-C is a powerful water-soluble anti-oxidant required by the body for synthesis of collagen. It also helps body scavenge harmful free radicals, prevents from cancers, inflammation, and helps boost immunity.
  
• Turnip greens are the storehouse of many vital nutrients, in fact several times than the roots. The greens are very rich in antioxidants like vitamin A, vitamin C, carotenoids xanthins and lutein. In addition, the greens are excellent source of vitamin K.
  
• Top greens are also very good source of B-complex group of vitamins such as folates, riboflavin, pyridoxine, pantothenic acid and thiamin.
  
• Fresh greens are also excellent sources of important minerals like calcium, copper, iron and manganese.

• Safety profile

  Turnips and top greens are generally very safe including in pregnant women.
  However, the roots and top greens contain small amounts oxalic acid (0.21 g per 100 g), a naturally occurring substance found in some vegetables belonging to brassica family which may crystallize as oxalate stones in the urinary tract in some people. It is therefore, those with known oxalate urinary tract stones may have to avoid eating them. Adequate intake of water is therefore advised to maintain normal urine output in these individuals to minimize the stone risk.