{"id":87110,"date":"2026-03-30T13:01:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=87110"},"modified":"2026-03-30T13:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:01:29","slug":"watercress-has-been-hailed-healthiest-vegetable-in-the-world-by-health-chiefs-experts-reveal-why-and-how-to-get-more-of-it-in-your-diet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/03\/30\/watercress-has-been-hailed-healthiest-vegetable-in-the-world-by-health-chiefs-experts-reveal-why-and-how-to-get-more-of-it-in-your-diet\/","title":{"rendered":"Watercress has been hailed &#8216;healthiest vegetable in the world&#8217; by health chiefs \u2013 experts reveal why&#8230; and how to get more of it in your diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2026\/03\/30\/10\/107520437-15594429-image-a-14_1774863869218.jpg\" alt=\"Glenn Walsh won the World Watercress Eating Championships 2025 in Hampshire\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When asked to picture the &#8216;healthiest vegetable&#8217;, it&#8217;s unlikely that watercress springs to mind. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/health\/article-15594429\/Watercress-hailed-healthiest-vegetable-world-health-chiefs-experts-reveal-diet.html\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>&nbsp; When asked to picture the &#8216;healthiest vegetable&#8217;, it&#8217;s unlikely that watercress springs to mind. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87111,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-87110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Health-Benefits-Watercress.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87112,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87110\/revisions\/87112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}