Fresh Cabbage - Nutrient-rich Superfood , Low In Calories And Fat, Packed With Vitamins And Antioxidants, Promotes Healthy Weight Loss And Cancer Protection

We are exporting, supplying and trading Cabbage in Chennai that is a good source of vitamins, minerals, and fiber that help protect your body. In addition, a raw cabbage diet offers phytochemicals that offer many health benefits. The vegetable is low in fat and calories which is why it is a popular ingredient in many fad diets. For example, the cabbage soup diet is a seven-day program that claims to help you lose weight. A healthier alternative is to add this nutritious vegetable to a well-balanced diet that includes other food groups.

Cabbage provides vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, manganese, magnesium, riboflavin and thiamin. Cruciferous vegetables like cabbage are excellent sources of vitamin C or ascorbic acid. According to the University of California at Berkeley, vitamin C plays a role in healing wounds, maintaining collage and promoting healthy gums and teeth. An adequate intake of vitamin C is also beneficial in protecting against cancers of the stomach and esophagus.

Health benefits of cabbage
Fresh, dark green-leafy cabbage is incredibly nutritious; but very low in fat and calories. 100 g of leaves provide just 25 calories.

The vegetable is a storehouse of phyto-chemicals like thiocyanates, indole-3-carbinol, lutein, zea-xanthin, sulforaphane, and isothiocyanates. These compounds are powerful antioxidants and known to help protect against breast, colon, and prostate cancers and help reduce LDL or "bad cholesterol" levels in the blood.