Eggplant. Photo: Hellohealth
jpnn.com, JAKARTA – EGGPLANT It is a vegetable with purple skin and white flesh.
Eggplant can be processed in various dishes, such as stir-fried eggplant, boiled eggplant, eggplant curry, and others.
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Eggplant besides being delicious and delicious, is also rich in various nutritional content.
The content of eggplant namely phosphorus, iron, carbohydrates, fiber, calcium, potassium, energy, niacin, vitamin A, vitamin C and several other nutrients.
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The following is an explanation, as reported by the page Genpi.co.
1. Improves the Immune System
Not only beneficial for maintaining healthy skin, vitamin C in eggplant is also useful for boosting the immune system, so that various germs disease well preventable.
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2. Lowers the Risk of Diabetes
In green eggplant, it has the same properties as insulin which can reduce the risk of diabetes, so that various other complications can be prevented.
This benefit has also been proven in several studies conducted in Asian countries.
3. Prevent High Cholesterol
Eggplant will also stimulate bile production and also lower high cholesterol.
However, good cholesterol or HDL in the body will not be affected and only lower bad cholesterol levels which will immediately decrease automatically.
4. Controls Blood Pressure
Another use of eggplant is to control blood pressure.
Consuming this vegetable is proven to prevent high blood pressure which is the main cause of strokes, heart attacks and other conditions related to high blood pressure.
All of this can be obtained because the potassium content in green eggplant is quite high.
5. Maintain Skin Health
One of the antioxidants in eggplant, namely vitamin C, is very good for consumption as a food for skin beauty solutions.
Eggplant is very effective for smoothing the skin, moisturizing and even protecting the skin from skin cancer and healing acne faster.
6. Improves the Digestive System
The high fiber content in green eggplant is a substance that is needed to protect and smooth the digestive system.
By consuming eggplant, all the nutrients contained in food can be absorbed properly in the body.
7. Prevent Anemia
Iron deficiency is certainly very dangerous for the body and can cause anemia.
Anemia is characterized by the emergence of headaches, fatigue, migraines, depression and also cognitive impairment.
Consuming foods that are high in iron such as eggplant is highly recommended to treat anemia and is also rich in copper as an important component in red blood cells.genpi/jpnn)
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