Health Benefits of Broccoli

Broccoli is thought to offer some of the most potent anti-cancer and anti-viral properties of any food. Find a way to get it into your meals.

Belonging to the cabbage family, broccoli is a super-nutritious plant whose large flower head is used as a vegetable.

There are three common types of broccoli, the most familiar being Calabrese broccoli, which has large green heads and thick stalks. There is also sprouting broccoli (sometimes referred to as broccolini) which has a larger number of heads with many thin stalks. Purple cauliflower is a type of broccoli sold in southern Italy, Spain, and the UK which has a head shaped like cauliflower, but consists of tiny flower buds.

Broccoli has high levels in vitamin C and dietary fibre, while also containing multiple nutrients with potent anti-cancer properties. It’s thought that diindolyl methane found in broccoli may potentially bolster the body’s immune system with anti-viral, anti-bacterial and anti-cancer activity.

Also, broccoli is a particularly rich source of a flavonoid called kaempferol. Some recent studies have shown kaempferol to potentially reduce the impact of allergy-related substances on our body.

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