Health Benefits of Cabbage

• Cabbage, is known to reduce the risk of a numberof cancers, especially lung, colon, breast, ovarian stomach and bladder cancer.

• Cabbage is a muscle builder, blood cleanser and eye strengthener.

• The juice of fresh raw cabbage has been proven to heal stomach ulcer.

• Cabbage provides high levels of iron and sulphur,minerals that work in part as cleansing agents for the digestive system.

• Juice of fresh cabbage is effective in treating fungus infection(due to it sulfur content).

•Cabbage boosts the immune system’s ability to produce more antibodies.

• Cabbage can lower serum cholesterol.

• Red Cabbage has more phytonutrients than the green cabbage. The vitamin C content of red
cabbage is 6-8 times higher than that of the green cabbage.

• Cabbage is a rich source of tartronic acid. This acid converts excess sugar and fat in human body.

In a way it controls carbohydrates and fat. Thus, it becomes the best slimming agent. Weight loss,thus, becomes yet another health benefit of cabbage.

Cabbage is also a very good source of dietary fiber,manganese, vitaminB6 and folate, and a good source of thiamin, riboflavin, calcium, potassium, Vitamin A, tryptophan, protein and magnesium.