Super Foods - Cabbage

Cabbage: It will make you feel happier and healthier.

Cabbage is an amazing vegetable. Full of vitamin C, rich in fibre, iodine, Vitamin A, beta-carotene, folate, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorous, potassium and sodium. There was a study carried out in the 1950’s where patients with gastric ulcers and acid reflux were given a glass of cabbage juice every day – within 3 days 95% of the patients said that their symptoms had stopped or been greatly reduced. Cabbage juice has the anti-ulcer Vitamin U in it. So if you know anyone with gastric problems its cabbage they should be having not antacid tablets. The trick to keeping your cabbage tasty – don’t overcook it, if you are going to boil it, make sure it’s just al dente when you take it out of the water and it still has a little bit of crunch to it. Or you can eat cabbage raw – it is delicious finely sliced in a salad, or make a very simple coleslaw using red and green cabbage finely sliced, add some onion and a little bit of finely chopped parsley, and instead of the usual mayonnaise you can use a small tub of soya yogurt as the binder, mix it with your hands and you have a bowl of goodness ready to snack on. Other benefits of cabbage include:

• Cabbage can help lower your risk of bowel cancer.
• It helps with constipation.
• It has anti bacterial and anti viral properties.
• It reduces cholesterol.
• And helps to reduce free radicals in the body.

You see you never knew that green ball of leaves sitting on the shelf in the supermarket is, in fact, a power-packed bundle of nutrition ready to help your body to heal. So what can you do with cabbage today? If you do want to know more about how to become healthier, please do visit www.testyourintolerance.com