Healthy eating the red cabbage (Properties and Benefits of a healthy diet)

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Are you familiar with the following sentence? A healthy diet! Undoubtedly heard many times heard this sentence, What is a healthy diet?

A healthy diet is to eat different foods every day that contribute to your body nutrients, something that the body needs to be well, lucid, and energetic. Healthy foods are those that provide your body with proteins, carbohydrates, fats, water, vitamins and minerals.

A correct nutrition, added to a physical activity, contributes to maintain a healthy body and without overweight, in a certain way we are what we eat, the foods have the ability to influence your immune system and can affect your mood and your energy, something vital to keep the mind fresh and healthy.

I invite you to know all the properties and benefits of the red cabbage

The plant of the red cabbage is well known in much of the world by its scientific name "Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. "his growing group is" Ruby Ball, Kalibos "belonging to the family of" Brassicaceae ". It is commonly called red cabbage, depending on where you are, you may have heard it named "purple cabbage, purple cabbage, purple cabbage or simply red cabbage"

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Farmers appreciate it for its edible leaves and for its content of "anthocyanin" which is what gives it the very particular color that this vegetable possesses and can vary depending on the type of soil, which can range from purple, pink and blue.

Although it is a well-known and cultivated vegetable in much of the world, it is more common to see it in its place of origin "Southern Europe" Producers from many places have adopted it in their sowing as "France, Italy, Africa, Asia" The countries of higher production are

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1. "China"
2. "India"
3. "Russia"
4. "Korea"
5. "Japan"
6. "USES"
7. "Poland"
8. "Indonesia"
9. "Ukraine"
10. "Uzbekistan"

There are many varieties of this cabbage and they are grouped by their harvest date

Early Cabbage Cabbage

• "Marner Frührotkohl"
• "Langendijker Allerfrühester"
• "Frührot"

Semi Early Cabbage Cabbage

• "Mohrenkopf"
• "Marner Septemerrot"
• "Rodima"

Cabbage Lombard of autumn and preserves

• "Marner Lagerrot"
• "Langendijker"
• "Dauer"
• "Dorota"

The red cabbage is very versatile at the time of cooking, it is very appreciated by the international chef for its great ability to adapt in the cooking, you can eat raw, steamed, grill, oven, pickled. It allows the preparation of hundreds of recipes and you can take advantage of the whole plant.

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"Lombard cabbage with stumbles"

Source: https://www.gallinablanca.es/receta/col-lombarda-con-tropiezos/

"Cabbage Salad"

Source: https://cookpad.com/es/recetas/253167-ensalada-de-col-lombarda

"Red cabbage with apples and raisins"

Source: https://www.juliaysusrecetas.com/2016/01/lombarda-con-manzana-y-pasas.html

"Cream of Lombardy"

Source: https://www.juliaysusrecetas.com/2014/12/crema-de-lombarda-con-manzana.html

"Chiche de cabbage lombarda"

Source: https://gastronomiaycia.republica.com/2013/05/27/hoy-cocinas-tu-quiche-de-col-lombarda/

"Lombarda a la madrileña"

Source: https://cocinillas.elespanol.com/2017/02/lombarda-la-madrilena-con-pera/

Another very practical way to consume red cabbage is through its juice, it is very easy to prepare, it can be consumed only with mineral water, combined with freshly squeezed fruit juices, juice from other vegetables or both, you can add honey to the recipe if you want more sweet.

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You should know that by consuming this vegetable, you are incorporating many benefits for your body, consume often red cabbage, provides many vitamins and minerals, ideal to maintain a healthy body

"Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12, C, D, E, K, Alfatocoferol, Beta-carotene, Carotene, Deltatocoferol, Food Folates, Gammatocoferol, Niacin, Tocopherols, Phosphorus, Iron, Iodine , Calcium, Magnesium, Zinc, Manganese, Chlorine, Nickel, Cobalt, Potassium, Copper, Selenium, Chromium, Sodium, Fluorine "

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The periodic consumption of this vegetable, in addition to vitamins and minerals, provides many benefits for our body, the cabbage has healing properties very beneficial to our health, regular consumption prevents many diseases.

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• The regular consumption of this vegetable is recommended for people suffering from "kidney, osteoarthritis and rheumatism" conditions due to its "sedative and analgesic" attributes that contribute to purify the blood.

• If you are of the people who have the need to prevent or reduce the "cholesterol or uric acid" should consider including this vegetable to your daily intake, the agent responsible for this operation is its content of "sulfur"

• People prone to suffer from conditions related to "indigestion or constipation" should undoubtedly ingest the red cabbage regularly, its frequent consumption acts on the digestion problems, producing "bile" helping such conditions.

Now that you know the benefits of consuming the "Cabbage Lombarda" that you think, or how many times you will consume this wonderful product

• Once a month
• Once a week
• Once a day

If you want to know more about the medical and scientific specifications and the benefits that the consumption of this plant brings, you just have to enter the links that I leave below.

Source: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_oleracea_var._capitata_f._rubra

Source: http://www.frutas-hortalizas.com/Hortalizas/Tipos-variedades-Col-lombarda.html

Source: https://alimentos.org.es/minerales-lombarda

Source: https://mejorconsalud.com/11-razones-comer-col-morada/

Very Important: This publication is a compilation of information from different pages, in order to inform the properties of different fruits, vegetables or other foods. Do not make any determination based on this report, without first consulting with a nutrition or health professional.

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Jose Luis

Argentina-Corrientes