Benefits of purple cabbage that you must know

News24xx.com - More and more people are dying from health problems due to obesity every year. And it's make many people are now opting for healthy living by eating vegetables and fruits to improve their health. But this vegetable can give what your body need. It's contain of vitamins and minerals. The purple cabbage is a vegetable that grows close to the ground and has abundant leaves for cooking.

So, what are the benefits of purple cabbage?

Vitamin A

The vitamin A content in purple cabbage is 20 percent of the 5000 IU required each day. Vitamin A is a nutrient that provides a variety of functions in your body. It produces retina pigments for your eyes, maintains vision health and improves vision at night.

Contain of fiber

A 1-cup serving of chopped purple cabbage provides 2 grams of fiber, or 8 percent of the 25-gram daily value as recommended by the food and drug scientist.

Dietary fiber prevents excess cholesterol that entering your bloodstream through the wall of your small intestine; the fiber absorbs the cholesterol and excretes it through from elimination process.

The potassium content in 1 cup of chopped purple cabbage is 216 milligrams. Potassium keeps your body’s fluid level from fluctuating to unhealthy volumes, and the Institute of Medicine recommends consuming 4.700 milligrams a day to maintain healthy blood pressure levels. Potassium also prevents heart muscle stress by supporting the contraction that fuels your heartbeat.

Vitamin C

A 1-cup serving provides 51 milligrams, or 85 percent, of the 60-mg daily requirement. Cooking decomposes some of the nutrient. Raw purple cabbage contains a higher level of vitamin C than it does when cooked.

Vitamin C is an effective antioxidant. It protects cells from the DNA and compositional destruction that metabolic toxins often cause.

 

 

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