Are you health conscious? You are working hard in gym, taking multivitamins and other supplements to keep yourself healthy. It is time to know the benefits of natural coloured food given to us by Mother Nature with unbelievable healing powers and health benefits.
It has been proved by scientists that darker foods have great value of antioxidants in them.The blue and purple food are very rich in different nutrients like lutein, zeaxanthin, resveratrol, Vitamin C, fiber, flavonoids, ellagic acid, and quercetin. Let us find the power of purple colour food if we add them in our meals.
Anti-Aging:
Oxidative damage caused by free radicals of oxygen in our blood is the one of the major cause of aging and age related diseases. As we grow older our body loses the power to fight against this oxidative damage. Anthocyanins gives purple pigmentation to the food, and has the ability to fight against the oxidative damage of the body cells.
Controls Blood Pressure:
Flavonoids a type of nutrient and a compound resveratrol available in these food helps in curing high blood pressure by relaxing the arterial walls, and allows a better circulation of blood in arteries by reducing the pressure in them.
Fight Cancer:
It has been found in various studies that resveratrol kills the cells of breast, skin, lever, lung and blood cancer.
Heal the Ulcer:
Studies have revealed that anthocyanins available in blackberries has the healing power for stomach ulcer on rats. According to the rsearchers the probable cause of this is the prevention of oxidation by antioxidants present in blackberries, which further accelerates the ability of glutathione another antioxidant present naturally in these foods.
Beneficial for Lever:
Excessive consumption of alcohol causes the damage to lever. The anthocyanins present has great healing ability for damaged lever. Black rice has more anthocyanins present per gram than blueberries, and has a delicious grain to consume.
Cares your Heart:
Black currants a woody shrub controls the level of cholesterol. Research shows that it can reduce LDL (Bad Cholesterol) by 13% whereas raises the level of HDL (Good Cholesterol). The levels of Anthocyanins present in Black currants and bilberries are much higher than blueberries.
Prevent Urinary Tract Infections:
Studies in the laboratory shows that anthocyanin compounds present in purple food fights against the bacteria named H. pylori, a bacteria that spreads Urinary Tract Infections.
Lose Weight:
Obesity is spreading as health epidemic worldwide. Recent worldwide statistics of obesity reveals that about 30% of world’s population is either overweight or obese. Professor Lindsay Brown of Ipswich Hospital’s Research and Innovation has shown his research over effect of purple food over obesity, components present in these foods reduce the fat pads of abdominal and improving body metabolism of glucose and lipids.
Some other benefits of these foods are:1 They are anti-inflammatory.
2 Calcium and nutrient absorbing power of body is improved.
3 It improves the health of eye retina.
4 Immune system becomes stronger.
5 Makes gastrointestinal tract stronger thereby improving digestion.
Next time try these purples:
1 Beets
2 Purple cabbage
3 Blueberries
4 Black raspberries
5 Purple carrots
6 Blackberries
7 Pomegranates
8 Purple asparagus
9 Purple Potatoes
1 Beets
2 Purple cabbage3 Blueberries
4 Black raspberries
5 Purple carrots
6 Blackberries
7 Pomegranates
8 Purple asparagus
9 Purple Potatoes
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