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Purple Carrots

While today we recognize carrots as the orange veggies, they were originally purple! You can still buy these original purple carrots, though they're less common. They contain several helpful antioxidants and nutrients.  By the early 1500s, orange carrots had arrived on the scene in Italy, but prior to that, they were variations of purple and yellow on the inside!

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