Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Benefits of Cabbage and Cabbage Juice

Cabbage contain phytonutrients, works to protect the body from free radicals that can damage the cell membranes. Phytonutrients also signal our genes to increase its production of enzymes involved in detoxification.
Cabbage is believed to  lower the incidence of cancer, especially in the lung, stomach and colon prostate. Cabbage is a muscle builder, blood cleanser and eye strengthener - an all in one health giver.

The juice of fresh raw cabbage has been proven to heal stomach ulcer. Cabbage is rich in iron and sulphur.
Juice of fresh cabbage is effective in treating fungus infection on the skin, due to it sulphur content.
 It is said that Cabbage can lower serum cholesterol.

Cabbage contains Sulphoraphane, a substance that can increase the production of antioxidant and detoxification enzymes. Sulforaphane works by stimulating the production of glutathione, the body's most important internally produced antioxidant which plays a role in liver detoxification.

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. Red cabbage contain anthocyanin (red pigment/color) is an antioxidant that can help protect brain cells, thus can help prevent Alzheimer's disease.
Cabbage is a popular vegetable and is assumed that every one knows the benefits of cabbage for your health. It has many more roles for your health. It acts as medicine.
It has the capacity to cure cancer and this is the known fact. There is a big history behind this vegetable if you look back to those Roman and Greeks; they used to drink white fresh cabbage to relive sore or infection eyes. They used to drink to prevent intoxication.
The truth about the cabbage is that it has got multiple roles to heal your body. You can visit these lines to know what are the benefits that human body draws from the cabbage.
The foremost fact is, we use it for vegetables, salad, etc. Besides that, they are good sources of anti- inflammatory vegetable.
Cabbage acts as to disinfect colon since it contains lactic acid. It also reduces your headache. People suffering from cancer should increase the intake of cabbage as it has got anti-cancer properties to heal. This is good for your skin as well. You can eat cabbage as a cooked vegetable or in the form of salad and you can take it in the form of juice.
You can drink cabbage juice 25-50 ml everyday to treat headache, asthma, bronchitis and other digestion problems. You can also dab white cabbage juice on your mouth to cure ulcer and they say it heals faster.
How to prepare and preserve Cabbage Juice
Ingredients needed for preparing cabbage juice
Cabbage - red or green
clean water
Blender
plastic wrap to cover the vessel
airtight containers to store them in the refrigerator
Wash and chop enough of the cabbage to fill the blender. Add some of the distilled water, to approximately the 2/3 mark on the blender. Blend on high speed for one minute, or until completely blended.
Repeat the process with two more batches. Pour into bowls, cover with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature for three days.
After three days the cultured cabbage juice will be ready to drink. Strain it first to separate the liquid and the pulp; throw the pulp away and put the liquid in the refrigerator.
When the first batch starts to get low, repeat the process. This time, however, put 1/2 of a cup from the original batch into the new batch. This speeds the culturing process, and this batch will be ready to drink in only one day

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