The health benefits of celery
Celery (Apium graveolens L.) is a leaf vegetable and medicinal plant commonly used as a spice in cooking. Several countries, including Japan, China and Korea use the stalks and leaves as a food ingredient.
The Europeans use all parts of the celery plant, such as leaves, leaf stems, fruits, tubers, all of them can be used. Type of celery that grows in tropical areas have a trunk size is not big enough, so that the whole plant is used as an ingredient for soup.
Celery is divided into three parts, namely leaves celery, pieces (stalks) celery, and bulbous celery. Fleshy and juicy stalks can be eaten in the raw state as vegetables, while the leaves can be used as a flavoring soups. In addition, celery is also used to treat various diseases. So,what are
health benefits of celery????
Celery plants has been recognized as a medicinal plant science in 1942.
This herb has been scientifically researched and proven to contain vitamins A, C and B1. In addition, celery also contains many minerals such as sodium, chlorine, potassium, magnesium, protein, calcium, pspat salt, asparagine apigenin, kholin, saponins, essential oils, sedative compounds (phathalide) and fiber.
Celery can also be used as an alternative medicine. Celery has many benefits for our health and this green plant is also
rich in iron.
Celery contains antioxidants in flavonoids and luteolin types that help ward off free radicals in the body. Luteloin also useful to increase the body's metabolism.
As an anti-inflammatory ingredients
Celery also contains anti-inflammatory, and effective to prevent the bone problems such as osteoartharitis and joint pain.
Enhance immunity
Celery is rich in vitamin A and vitamin C, which is an important antioxidant that plays a role in maintaining the immune system. Vitamin C enables the production of collagen which can help protect muscle and connective tissue to maintain skin health and fight disease.
Celery contains vitamin K, which plays a role in protein synthesis (in osteocalcin type) so as can increase the bone and teeth density.
Our bodies produce an amino acid called homocysteine that can disrupt the normal function of blood vessels and cause cardiovascular disease.
Celery is also contains vitamin B9 or folate, which can alter the amino acid into simple molecules, so that will protect you from a heart attack, stroke, and other cardiovascular diseases.
Helps prevent cancer
Myristicin organic compounds in celery proven to prevent the proliferation of cancer cells in the body. Myristicin can also activate the enzyme, and helps neutralize harmful compounds specific causes of prostate cancer and colon cancer.
Diseases that can be treated by eating celery:
Hypertension, eye pain, rheumatism, anemia, diarrhea, diabetes, epilepsy, stroke, fever.
Celery juice can increase intelligence, resolve herpes, mumps, breast cancer, kidney failure, maintaining dental health, help lower uric acid levels in the blood, reducing joint pain due to gout, urinary tract infections, as well as neutralize the effects of degenerative, as an anti-oxidant to counteract free radicals, and is used also for beauty.
Pain relievers, blood purifier, improves hormone function, normalize blood sugar, heart health and bone. Those are some of the health benefits of celery...