Do you like to eat broccoli? Some people call broccoli broccoli, but in reality white cauliflower and broccoli are similar in appearance, actually they are two different vegetables, kind of “close relatives”! The doctor said broccoli is much more nutritious than white cauliflower and people are recommended to eat more broccoli to stay healthy and stay healthy!
Fu Yuxiang, director of Xiangzhan Clinic for Aged Medicine, said broccoli is a super healthy vegetable.If you can only recommend one type of green vegetable, it doesn’t matter from a doctor’s or chef’s point of view, broccoli is highly recommended! Broccoli in particular is truly the nutritional champion among vegetables.
Broccoli is rich and complete in nutrients, which can supplement many trace elements at once, and green broccoli is much more nutritious than white broccoli. It is recommended that you eat more green broccoli!
4 benefits of broccoli: improves constipation, lowers cholesterol, prevents cancer
1. Nutritious and complete
Rich in vitamin A, vitamin C and minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and sodium, vitamin C is particularly rich. Compared to white cauliflower, green broccoli is richer and more important in dietary fiber, protein, vitamin A, beta-carotene, vitamin C, and other nutrients.
2. Improve constipation
Broccoli is high in fiber, which can help digest food and improve constipation.
3. Lowers cholesterol
Broccoli can reduce the formation of triglycerides and bad cholesterol in the blood, which can be said to be a scavenger of blood vessels.
4. Prevent Cancer
According to the World Cancer Fund report, broccoli can prevent oral cancer, gastric cancer and inhibit tumor formation.
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◎ Source /Dr. Fu Yuxiang
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