It received a perfect nutritional density score, beating out Chinese cabbage ... health professor, told Food & Wine. However, you will want to consider how you prepare watercress.

If you don’t like watercress, substitute with an equal amount of the more conventional Chinese (napa) cabbage.

But watercress isn’t just ranked the healthiest vegetable: It beat runner-up Chinese cabbage by more than ... out that this is a “nutrient-dense” food. Related: 7 Best Watercress Salads ...

Experts are calling it the most powerful food on the planet ... Control and Prevention said watercress has a nutrient density score of 100 out of 100, ahead of the Chinese cabbage which sits ...