Saturday, May 5, 2012

Benefits of purple vegetables

Do you know that purple vegetables like eggplant, sweet potatoes and purple cabbage are beneficial to our health?

Here are Purple Vegetable Benefits

1. Prevent premature aging
Purple Vegetables and fruit have a pigment called anthocyanin, a powerful antioxidant and as a safeguard to reduce the risk of cancer, improve memory and prevent premature aging.


2. protects the heart
Purple vegetables also contains a flavonoid component, called resveratol. Content is shown to inhibit endothelin-1, which is one cause of heart disease, beneficial to the cardiovascular system and can be heart healthy. Also it facilitate the flow of blood to the brain, reducing the risk of stroke, cancer prevention and act as an anti inflammatory.


3. Prevent breast cancer
Eating purple vegetables also contain ellagic acid or acid elagik. Research Dr. Daniel Nixon of the Medical University of South Carolina (1993) showed that the acid can elagik against and inhibit the growth of cancer cells as well as stop the process of mitosis (cell growth).


So, start eating now!

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