Why you should eat Cabbage?

Cabbage is one of the most highly-rated and popular leafy vegetables. In my view, it is a wonderful food. It is grown for its enlarged edible, terminal buds and is eaten all over the world. The original home of cabbage is Southern Europe and Mediterranean regions. Ancient Greeks and Romans considered cabbage an important vegetable. It was introduced by the Romans into the lands conquered by them. Today, cabbage is widely distributed throughout the tropical lands.

So, that was history! Let’s talk about the nutritional benefits of cabbage and why it should be eaten. Cabbage is considered valuable because of it’s high content of minerals, vitamins and salts. Cabbage with green leaves is more valuable because of its high vitamin A content. Cabbage is a rich source of chlorine and sulphur which exercise cleansing effect on mucous membranes of the stomach and intestinal tract. It provides the roughage essential for the proper action of the bowels. A meal of low cabbage is an excellent remedy for constipation.

Cabbage leaves have been successfully used in healing ulcers, infected sores, blisters and skin eruptions, including psoriasis. They are also valuable in burns. Doudenal ulcers have responded almost miraculously to the drinking of cabbage juice. The cabbage juice contains the anti-ulcer factor, vitamin U, which is destroyed by cooking. Researchers have found that in cabbage a valuable content, called tartronic acid, holds back the conversion of sugar and other carbohydrates into fat. Therefore, it is of great value in weight reduction or weight loss.

Cabbage is of great value for persons of advancing age. It contains several elements and factors that increases the immunity of the human body and stops premature aging. Some elements of cabbage help prevent the formation of patches on the wall of blood vessels and stones in the gall bladder.

Cabbage can be eaten raw as salad. It can also be steamed, boiled or cooked. In cooking it’s valuable nutrients are largely lost. Hence, it should be eaten raw for best results. Raw cabbage is also more easily digested than the cooked cabbage. I love to take it raw. What about you?
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