Brussels sprouts - useful properties

There are a lot of varieties of cabbage, and they are all excellent dietary options for side dishes and salads. Sometimes it's enough just to give up the evening macaroni, potatoes or rice in favor of Brussels sprouts so that its useful properties help, reduce weight, and improve your health.

Brussels sprouts - composition and benefits

Brussels sprouts are very similar to white cabbage, but in a reduced form - no more quail eggs. This variety was bred by Belgian scientists from the classical cabbage, and the composition of the product a lot of useful substances.

Of the vitamins in Brussels sprouts, there are A, C, PP and many representatives of group B, among which there is folic acid - here it is an order of magnitude greater than in many products of our usual diet.

In addition, Brussels sprouts will enrich the body with magnesium, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, iron and iodine. It also contains various enzymes, sugars and amino acids that complete this rich natural complex.

What is useful for Brussels sprouts?

Beneficial to the body the regular use of Brussels sprouts brings a variety, and helps to solve many health problems:

• improves blood composition, lowering cholesterol;
• during pregnancy reduces the risk of birth defects;
• improves eyesight, helps to save it when working on a computer;
• strengthens the body's defenses due to its antioxidant properties;
• reduces the risk of developing asthma and emphysema;
• improves brain function;
• minimizes the risk of developing breast cancer;
• reduces the risk of a heart attack;
• is an excellent prevention of constipation;
• helps to get rid of heartburn;
• reduces the risk of diseases of the cardiovascular system.

Of course, to achieve these effects you need to eat Brussels sprouts not once a month or a year, but regularly - a couple of times a week. This will allow beneficial substances to accumulate in the body and strengthen health.

Benefits and harm of Brussels sprouts

Despite a lot of positive properties, Brussels sprouts have their own contra-indications, in case of non-observance of which it is possible to harm the body. So, for example, it can not be eaten by those who have problems with the thyroid gland. For a healthy body, there will be no harm, but if there are violations, iodine absorption may deteriorate.

In some cases, Brussels sprouts cause bloating - this threatens primarily those who suffer from irritable bowel syndrome or Crohn's syndrome.