8 benefits of eating broccoli

These lean greens can play an unusu­al role in your health and body.

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It is hard to find some­thing neg­a­tive about broc­coli, because this prod­uct is known pre­cise­ly as a super­food that brings only ben­e­fits, joy and pros­per­i­ty to your body. And it’s not that it’s not true. Broc­coli is real­ly rich in vit­a­mins, min­er­als, antiox­i­dants and fiber. The prod­uct ben­e­fits the heart, brain, bones and immune sys­tem, and also the intestines. In addi­tion, broc­coli is a great addi­tion to almost any dish.

That is why it is worth a lit­tle patience and even over­com­ing some of the side effects that broc­coli caus­es than to refuse such a healthy and tasty prod­uct. Read on and find out what are the side effects of broc­coli and how to get rid of them.

1 Broccoli Can Cause Gas

There is a slight side effect of eat­ing broc­coli, espe­cial­ly raw, called flat­u­lence. Yes, broc­coli caus­es gas and bloat­ing. Accord­ing to this study, broc­coli, like oth­er cru­cif­er­ous rel­a­tives, is one of the most flat­u­lent veg­eta­bles.

The fact is that broc­coli is sat­u­rat­ed with raf­fi­nose, a sug­ar that is made up of three sac­cha­rides — galac­tose, glu­cose and fruc­tose. Raf­fi­nose is not digest­ed by the small intes­tine, but bac­te­ria in the large intes­tine fer­ment it, pro­duc­ing methane gas in the process.

To reduce this trend, sim­ply cook the broc­coli. And eat it along with oth­er veg­eta­bles.

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2. Reduces inflammation in the body

Eat­ing broc­coli plays an impor­tant role in reduc­ing C‑reactive pro­tein in the blood, the very mark­er of inflam­ma­tion in the body. It is very use­ful in the fight against heart dis­ease, for exam­ple.

This study found that after 10 days of eat­ing a serv­ing of broc­coli a day, smok­ers expe­ri­enced a 48% decrease in a mark­er of inflam­ma­tion in blood plas­ma, while folic acid and lutein lev­els, on the con­trary, increased by 17% and 29%, respec­tive­ly.

3. Broccoli can help increase life expectancy

A serv­ing of broc­coli is a great source of low-calo­rie dietary fiber, so eat­ing a lit­tle of this veg­etable and oth­er foods rich in fiber, you will reach one hun­dred per­cent of the dai­ly require­ment of this sub­stance.

The study found that the risk of death and car­dio­vas­cu­lar dis­ease, stroke, dia­betes, and perirec­tal can­cer decreased in peo­ple who ate more fiber.

4. Broccoli affects the thyroid gland

Broc­coli belongs to a group of foods called goitro­gens. These are foods that con­tain goirine. This sub­stance can inter­fere with the syn­the­sis of thy­roid hor­mones.

But don’t wor­ry, heat­ing these veg­eta­bles soft­ens this effect, down to zero. So the ben­e­fits of broc­coli do not change.

5. Broccoli Helps Fight Blood Vessel Disease

Broc­coli and Brus­sels sprouts can keep your veins and arter­ies healthy for a long time. For exam­ple, the results of this study showed that eat­ing broc­coli and oth­er cru­cif­er­ous veg­eta­bles was asso­ci­at­ed with a reduced like­li­hood of blood ves­sel dis­ease.

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6 Broccoli Protects Against Fatty Liver

Broc­coli flo­rets are a much health­i­er choice than a giant piz­za or a bunch of can­dy. It is worth remem­ber­ing that if your diet is far from cor­rect and bal­anced, you run the risk of dis­cov­er­ing that you have devel­oped the so-called non-alco­holic fat­ty liv­er dis­ease. This dis­ease can progress to cir­rho­sis and liv­er can­cer, it is so dan­ger­ous. How to get rid of it?

Eat more broc­coli and oth­er fiber-rich foods. So you will feel full longer, and your hand will not reach for harm­ful snacks. This study showed that mice that were first put on a diet that mim­ic­ked a junk human diet had low­er liv­er triglyc­eride lev­els and a reduced risk of liv­er can­cer when they were giv­en broc­coli for six months.

7. Broccoli keeps your mind sharp

Vit­a­min K, which is found in broc­coli, is one of the less­er-known but incred­i­bly ben­e­fi­cial antiox­i­dants. It is worth pay­ing atten­tion to it if you are over 65 years old. Stud­ies have shown that there is an asso­ci­a­tion between vit­a­min K intake and cog­ni­tive enhance­ment in peo­ple in this age group.

8 Broccoli Protects Against Cancer

This has not been ful­ly proven, but accord­ing to these data, there is a small asso­ci­a­tion between eat­ing cru­cif­er­ous veg­eta­bles dai­ly and reduc­ing the risk of colon, lung, and breast can­cer.