Chives

Chives

Chives

What is it:

Chives come from the allium genus, a group of vegetables that are rich in sulfur compounds. Chives are typically a topping for foods such as garlic bread, potatoes, steak, and more, and may be dehydrated and added to processed foods for additional flavoring.

Rating:

Chives have several health benefits that are common within the allium family, such as acting as a prebiotic to promote intestinal health, lowering the risk of prostate cancer, and inducing apoptosis of breast cancer cells. Chives also inhibit NLRP3 inflammation, which contributes to numerous obesity-related diseases.

Resources:

  1. Chives and Prostate Cancer
  2. Chives and Breast Cancer
  3. Chives and NLRP3 Inflammation
  4. Allium genus and cancer prevention (review)
  5. Plant prebiotics and their impact on disease (review)

How we rate ingredients

Health is like a bank account, certain ingredients make a deposit into your health bank, meaning they add to
your health. Certain ingredients withdraw from your health bank. We want health promoting ingredients in our diet. To keep things simple, we rate ingredients on a green, yellow, red scale:

Clean

It is naturally occurring in food and has no harmful effects on the body. It is real food. It is health promoting.

Caution

It goes into one or more of the below categories

  • It is not naturally occurring in food but doesn’t have data showing it has a harmful effect on the body (additives like Gellan Gum)
  • It is naturally occurring but can have some harmful effects on the body (added sugars, oils, gums etc.)

We Avoid

It is known to have a harmful effect on the body (ex. All food colorings, Natural Flavors, MSG, Potassium bromate, aspartame, artificial flavors)

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