Heart Foods
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| Food for the Heart |
Broccoli: ideal for heart patience
BROCCOLI cultivation has experienced a significant increase in recent years in Europe as well as America. More broccoli and less cauliflower is being eaten, possibly because broccoli produces less flatulence than cauliflower and for many it has a better flavor.
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PROPERTIES AND INDICATIONS:
Among all of the cabbages belonging to the Crucifer family, broccoli stands out as among the richest in proteins, calcium, provitamin A (beta-carotene), and vitamin C. it is also rich in potassium and low in sodium. It contain ant carcinogenic sulfurated phytochemicals as do all Crucifers. These are its most prominent diet therapeutic applications:
- Coronary disease: Because of its low calories, its paucity of fats, and above all its optimal sodium/potassium balance, broccoli is a very appropriate food for those suffering heart failure at any level. It promotes the elimination of excess liquid retained in the tissues (edem), operation as a decongestive to the circulatory system and the heart.
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| Food for the Heart |
- Obesity and diabetes: Because it is very low in calories and sugars, and because it produce a certain feeling of satiety, it should be include in the diets of the obese and diabetes.
- Cancer: its high levels of beta-carotene (provitamin A)and phytochemicals make broccoli, along with other crucifiers, a powerful andticarcinogenic food, whose effectiveness has been proven in a wide variety of scientific investigations.
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