SHABBAT VEGGIE FACT: Ahhhhh, the CARROT! Naturally sugary, delicious and crunchy, carrots are healthy additions you can add to your Shabbat meal. Indeed, these root vegetables come with wholesome health benefiting compounds such as beta-carotenes, falcarinol, vitamin A, minerals and anti-oxidants in ample amounts. Sweet and crunchy Studies have found that flavonoid compounds in carrots may offer protect from skin, lung and oral cavity cancers. You would have to eat a lot of them, but it is true, the same fat-soluble pigments (carotenoids) that account for the deep orange color of carrots are responsible. Shabbat Shalom, and let’s eat some carrots for good health!