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Benefits of Broccoli
Each day reaffirms the benefits of broccoli for health. Broccoli is the family of cruciferous vegetables such as cauliflower, Brussels sprouts or red cabbage. It comes from Italy was popularized by the U.S., who consume large quantities. Boiled, steamed, or sauteed broccoli is a vegetable full of advantages.
Benefits of Broccoli:
- It is beneficial against atherosclerosis due to sulforaphane, a molecule is abundant in broccoli and other vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower. This molecule has a very beneficial effect on atherosclerotic plaques (responsible for cardiovascular disease). Professor Peter Weissberg, medical director of the British Heart Foundation, which funded this research on the benefits of broccoli in atherosclerosis states that “this fascinating finding sheds light on a possible mechanism, through which, the diet rich in vegetables (such as the Mediterranean diet) protects against cardiovascular disease. “
- Has antibacterial effects,
- Reduces risk of ulcers
- Broccoli is the beneficial properties against anemia
- It acts against cancer-causing free radicals.
- It acts as a hormone regulator and the level of estrogen
- Its consumption improves the intestinal transit.
- Are recommended in the diet of pregnant women for their excellent contribution and minerals as well as antioxidants, potassium and vitamins that help prevent cellular aging.
There are delicious recipes with broccoli, has almost no calories and if many healthy properties.
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Vitamins B and Heart Attack
One study suggests that taking vitamins B did not prevent heart attack and stroke (CVA) in people with heart disease or risk factors.
The results, according to eight clinical trials on more than 24,000 people, support the recommendations against the use of vitamins B to prevent heart disease.
The idea that the B vitamins, like folic acid, B-6 and B-12, help prevent cardiac complications from the fact that lower blood levels of an amino acid called homocysteine.
Homocysteine levels increase in people with atherosclerosis, which is the buildup of plaque in the arteries that cause heart attacks and strokes.
But researchers do not know whether high homocysteine levels promote the progression of atherosclerosis or are only an indicator of cardiac risk. No clinical trial showed that vitamin B supplements prevent heart attack and stroke.
To strengthen the evidence, the new review collected data from eight clinical trials on the effects of folic acid, vitamins B-6 and B-12 or combinations thereof.
The trials included 24,210 people with established cardiovascular disease (atherosclerosis or previous stroke or other cardiac complications) or their risk factors, such as diabetes, hypertension or high cholesterol.
The authors found that adding supplements to conventional medical therapy did not lower the risk of heart attack, stroke or death of participants in the seven years of monitoring.
The results appear in the Cochrane Library, a publication of the Cochrane Collaboration, which is an international organization that evaluates medical research.
The review provides “solid evidence” that these B vitamins do not prevent heart problems and stroke, told Reuters Health Dr. Arthur J. Marti-Carvajal, Iberoamerican Cochrane Network, in Valencia, Venezuela.
The recommendation for people who want to take care of your heart health is to drop the B vitamins and either: not smoking, exercising, controlling blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar regularly and eat a balanced diet and a rich in fruits and vegetables and low in fast food and other unhealthy products.