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Why Should Cruciferous Vegetables be on Your Plate Every Day?

<br>Love those fiber-rich, blood sugar-friendly, hormone-booster vegetables? Good for you! This is because the healthy cruciferous vegetables are known to be forming an integral part of healthy lifestyles adopted by a majority of the world’s fit population.

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Why Should Cruciferous Vegetables be on Your Plate Every Day?

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  1. WHY SHOULD CRUCIFEROUS VEGETABLES BE ON YOUR PLATE EVERY DAY? By Kirby D. Cochran

  2. VEGETABLES BE ON YOUR PLATE EVERY DAY Thecruciferousvegetablesobtain theirnameafterthecrossshapeof thepetalsthattheygrowin.Someof themostcommonexamplesofthe cruciferousvegetablesthatare grownacrosstheworldinclude cauliflower,cabbage,broccoli,kale, arugula,Brusselssprouts,Bokchoy, turnips,andcollardgreens. Lovethosefiber-rich,bloodsugar-friendly, hormone-boostervegetables?Goodforyou! Thisisbecausethehealthycruciferous vegetablesareknowntobeformingan integralpartofhealthylifestylesadoptedby amajorityoftheworld’sfitpopulation. HOW CAN CRUCIFEROUS VEGETABLES HELP IN FIGHTING CANCER? Cruciferousvegetablesoutthereareknownfor providingseveralnutritionalbenefitsalongwith preventionofvariousdiseasesincludingcancer. Inarecentstudy,itwasfoundthattheindividuals whowereinthehabitofconsumingmorecruciferous veggieshadthelowestrisksofdevelopingbreast cancer.Cruciferousveggiesarealsoknowntobe effectiveinreducingtheoverallrisksofother hormone-basedcancersincludingcervicaland endometrialcancers.Researchersbelievethatthis couldbelinkedtothepresenceofahormone- balancingcompoundthatisfoundinthecruciferous vegetablesreferredtoas “Indole -3-Carbinol.” Invariousotherstudies,theconsumptionof cruciferousvegetableshasalsobeenlinkedwiththe reductionintherisksofdevelopingothertypesof cancersincludinglung,stomach,rectal,andcolon cancer.Inadditiontobeingagreatsourceof antioxidants,thecruciferousveggiesalsocontaina compoundknownas “glucosinolates” –thatcouldbe thekeyfactorinfightingcancer.

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