Health Benefits of Eating Broccoli

Everyone knows that vegetables offer plenty of benefits to your health. Eating broccoli will give you those super-nutrients that will support your body. Broccoli is part of the cabbage family and its name and cultivations comes from Italy. There it is known as broccoli which means “cabbage sprout”. When you shop for this veggie make sure you choose a broccoli with compact floret clusters and not bruised ones. Make sure they don’t have any flower blossoms, this meaning the veggie is too mature.

 

The benefits of eating broccoli

1. Arthritis

It has been discovered that a rich compound found in this vegetable blocks any bad enzymes that destroy cartilages. So know that by adding broccoli in your diet, you wont; have to worry about osteoarthritis. This green vegetable has a strong and positive impact on our body’s detoxification system. It has recently been  identified one of the key reasons for this detox benefit. Glucoraphanin, gluconasturtiian, and glucobrassicin are 3 glucosinolate phytonutrients found in a special combination in this vegetable. This trio can support all steps in body’s detox process, including activation, neutralization, and the elimination of undesired contaminants.

 2.Cancer

Sulforaphane in broccoli has also been proven to kill cancer stem cells, . Broccoli also contain glucophanin, which helps boosts cell enzymes that have a protective role against molecular damage.

3. Blood Pressure and Kidney Health

The sulforaphane found in broccoli improves your blood pressure and kidney function, according a study in which hypertensive rats with impaired kidney function were given sulforaphane. The sulforaphane seemed to improve the rats’ kidney function and also lowered the blood pressure.

4. Anti-Aging and Immune System Health

Sulforaphane also helps to stimulate the antioxidant defense in your body that can reduce oxidative stress. So eating broccoli means that you can actually “slow” down time.

5.Heart Health

Sulforaphane produces enzymes that protect the blood vessels and reduces the number of molecules that cause cell damage . So people with diabetes are more likely to develop cardiovascular disorders such as heart attacks which is  linked to damaged blood vessels. Eating this super vegetable will help to reverse this kind of damage. Other benefits of the broccoli include: anti-inflamatorry properties due to its flavonoid content, repairs damages to your skin, it is very rich in potassium, calcium and vitamin E and it’s excellent for digestion disorders due to its fiber content.

Broccoli is a vegetable everyone should strive to eat on a daily basis, but like most foods if you eat it too often you may grow tired of it or develop some sort of aversion to it. Fortunately, you don’t have to because there are so many vegetables to choose from that you can’t possibly get tired of them. Make sure that you combine this veggies with other delicious greens so that you don’t get tired of the same old mixtures. Try some interesting and delicious salads that will keep you healthy.