Cauliflower is nutritious, tasty, and easy to digest and absorb after consumption.
Cauliflower is rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, dietary fiber, vitamins, and minerals.
It contains 85-100 mg of vitamin Cp per 100 grams, which is four times higher than cabbage, eight times more carotene than cabbage, and two times more vitamin B2 than cabbage.
White and green cauliflower nutrition, role is the same, the green than white carotene content is higher.
The efficacy and function of cauliflower
1. Anti-cancer and cancer prevention
Long-term consumption can reduce the incidence of breast cancer, rectal cancer, stomach cancer, and other cancers.
According to the American Cancer Society, among the many vegetables and fruits, cauliflower and cabbage have a good anti-cancer effect.
2. Purify blood vessels
In addition to preventing infections, flavonoids are also vascular cleansing agents that can stop cholesterol oxidation and prevent platelets from clumping together, thus reducing the risk of heart disease and stroke.
3. Vitamin K supplement
Some people's skin once a small bump and injury will become a bruise.
This is because of the lack of vitamin K in the body, you can eat more cauliflower to supplement.
4. Detoxify the liver
Eating more cauliflower will also make the blood vessel wall strengthen, and not easy to break.
Rich in vitamin C content, cauliflower can enhance the liver detoxification ability and can improve the body's immunity, can prevent the occurrence of colds and scurvy.
5. Improve the body's immunity
The vitamin C content of cauliflower is extremely high, which is not only beneficial to human growth and development but more importantly.
It can improve human immune function, enhance the human physique, increase the ability to resist diseases, and improve the immune function of the human organism.
Research shows that the level of serum selenium in the human body drops significantly when suffering from stomach cancer, and the concentration of vitamin C in gastric juice is also significantly lower than in normal people, while cauliflower can not only supplement a certain amount of selenium and vitamin C but also supply rich carotene, which can play a role in preventing the formation of precancerous cells and inhibit the growth of cancer.
Cauliflower consumption contraindications
1. Any vegetable must be cleaned before consumption, and cauliflower is no exception.
Cauliflower is easy to attract bugs, in the process of growth, some people to reduce the residual damage to the cauliflower insects, will spray a lot of pesticides, plus the surface of the cauliflower is bumpy and more likely to accumulate pesticide residues.
Soak cauliflower in salt water for 5 minutes before eating to remove residual pesticides and bugs.
2. Cauliflower is easy to cause flatulence after decomposition in the stomach and intestines.
Cooking cauliflower with some garlic, pepper, cumin, and other spicy seasonings, can greatly reduce the discomfort of flatulence, but also enhance appetite and help digestion.
