Turnips are a healthy root vegetable that provide antioxidants and vitamins. You can enjoy young turnips raw, or cook larger turnips to enjoy in many of the ways you might use potatoes.

1. Provide Antioxidants to Reduce Health Risks

Turnips contain antioxidants , compounds that promote overall health and wellness. Like other vegetables in the Brassicaceae or Cruciferae family—such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and cabbage—turnips are a rich source of sulforaphane and glucosinolates .

These plant-based compounds have many health benefits and may help prevent chronic diseases associated with oxidative stress (an imbalance between destructive free radical molecules and antioxidants in cells).

Eating turnips can help manage type 2 diabetes and may pr

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