Healthy Eating: Root Vegetables

Common types of root vegetables include potatoes, beets, parsnips, carrots, celeriac, sweet potatoes, Jerusalem artichokes, jicama, yams and turnips. Benefits of eating root vegetables include them having fiber, essential nutrients and starch or complex carbs, which help with weight management.  they are also gluten free which can help some people with gluten allergies or bodily inflammation.