Okay ladies it is that time of year when our fellow beauty and fashionistas catch colds. So now is not the time to drop your guard down if you want to avoid looking like a walking, coughing Kleenex or Puffs tissue advertisement. One way to fight back against cold season is to make sure you are consuming a proper diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables. Yet, one little bushy veggie should definitely be found on your plate. Let’s discuss darlings… let’s get into broccoli benefits.
Whether you loved or hated this vegetable growing up. If want to give your immune system a natural boost, you will have to make broccoli one of your food besties. This vegetable is FULL of the good stuff.
Broccoli is a rich source of antioxidants, including vitamins C, K, and A. It also contains several important minerals, including potassium, calcium, and iron. Knowing just that should make you want to put fork to broccoli. But wait, there’s more.
Our mini green friend supports the digestive process and provides a fuel source for the healthy bacteria which reside in our gut. It also provides the basic nutrients and antioxidants to help cleanse your colon. And broccoli contains sulforaphane, which is great for fighting off infectious cells in our bodies. So think of it as a helpful natural ‘detox.’
Broccoli Benefits: Eat Up to Improve Your Immune System!
Ansley Hill, who is a registered dietitian, writer, educator, and experienced clinical nutritionist based in western Oregon briefly explained some other amazing Broccoli benefits. Hill reveals,
“Broccoli contains many vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants. Broccoli’s benefits include helping reduce inflammation, keeping blood sugar stable, and strengthening the immune system.
Broccoli can be eaten cooked or raw — both are perfectly healthy but provide different nutrient profiles.
Different cooking methods, such as boiling, microwaving, stir-frying and steaming, alter the vegetable’s nutrient composition, particularly reducing vitamin C, as well as soluble protein and sugar. Steaming appears to have the fewest negative effects.
Still, raw or cooked, broccoli is an excellent source of vitamin C. Just half a cup (78 grams) of cooked broccoli provides 84% of the reference daily intake (RDI) — more than one-half orange can offer.”
So warm or hot. Raw or not. This vegetable can help you stay way healthier.
Remember, you ARE what you EAT. So if you want to remain well and healthy; the decisions you make in the kitchen are extremely important. So choose great options and your body will thank you.
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