Parsley Flakes

Dried Parsley Flakes is light, verdant, and sweet in flavor; however its flavor is very mild so it will not alter the taste of your dish. Use with everything but Sweets & Chocolate Items. The iron in parsley flakes (twice as much as in spinach) is essential for the production of an important oxygen-carrying component in the red blood cells called heme. Copper is important because its required by the body for normal metabolic processes, but must be supplied through outside sources. The manganese in parsley contains super-antioxidant superoxide dismutase, and the folate helps form red blood cells and make up our genetic material. Parsley is useful as a digestive aid with its high fiber content. This helps move foods through the digestive tract and controls blood-cholesterol levels, but has a diuretic effect as well. A tea made from parsley is a traditional remedy for colic, indigestion, and intestinal gas. As an herb sprinkled in food, it actually helps purify the blood and fight cancer. Eating parsley is now thought to be a way to detoxify the system of harmful compounds like mercury, sometimes found in dental fillings. Wonderful when added to your favorite salad dressing to provide color. Compliments dill, shallot, garlic, chives, thyme and basil. Use generously and at the end of cooking.