Key features

• •Research shows that dietary intake of vitamin K, from foods like celery root, may decrease risk of bone fractures. Also rich in vitamin C, celery root provides a dietary dose of this heart-healthy vitamin.
• •Also rich in vitamin C, celery root provides a dietary dose of this heart-healthy vitamin. Research suggests dietary intake of vitamin C is more effective in reducing risk of high blood pressure than supplements.
• •A large study on the role of fruits and vegetables on reducing risk of type 2 diabetes found that root vegetables, like celery root, were particularly effective (European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2012).