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For a starchy vegetable, squash is a nutrition blockbuster. It packs a wallop in the vitamin A department (over 200percent of the RDA) It’s not too shabby in regard to vitamin C, potassium and folate either. And compared to rice it’s a weight watcher’s bargain at 80 calories for a cup.
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