The cruciferous family of cauliflower “BROCCOLI” and its super health benefits

In recent years, we kept hearing a lot about broccoli and it even gained a lot of popularity in the nutrition world. It is low in calorie, high in fibre content and presence of essential vitamins makes it a potent therapeutic agent.

Dr speaks about the amazing health benefits of Broccoli It has cancer fighting properties: scientific studies have revealed that consuming broccoli thrice a week, would reduce the risk of prostate cancer by 40 percent as compared to consumption of one or less serving per week.

Broccoli is an amazing source of glucosinolates which are natural chemicals that are potent anti cancer agents. It suppresses the growth of tumours, causes death of cancer cells and reduces multiplication and spread of cells.

*broccoli has hypoglycaemic properties where it regulates diabetes. The dietary fibre present in this vegetable, slows down the absorption of glucose into the blood and thus prevents spikes in blood glucose levels.

*Broccoli is a great source of vitamin K and C, a good source of folic acid and potassium.

*It prevents premature skin ageing: basically it can regenerate sun damaged skin. The vitamin A, C and vitamin E present in broccoli helps the skin to look youthful and radiant.

*It lowers High Cholesterol levels: eating broccoli helps in lowering LDL cholesterol and bad cholesterol.