Let's leave Britney Spears moment, so that more fresh again I will serve a reading that might increase your inspiration in healthy living.This article about a plant that is rich in nutrients, vitamins, and other substances that are beneficial to the health of plant life that is Broccoli.
Why Broccoli is very useful the following explanation from wikipedia Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. Italica Group) is of vegetables that are included in the cabbage tribe-kubisan or Brassicaceae. Broccoli comes from the Mediterranean region and has been cultivated since the days of Ancient Greece. These vegetables into Indonesia not long ago (around the 1970s) and now quite popular as food.
The edible part of broccoli is green flower heads arranged a meeting such as a tree branch with a thick stem. Most of these flower heads surrounded by foliage. Broccoli most closely resemble cauliflower, but the green broccoli, cauliflower white while.
Broccoli is a plant that lives in cold weather.
As a food, usually boiled or steamed broccoli, or can be eaten raw. The best way to process is by way of steamed broccoli. It is intended that all vitamins and essential nutrients in it are not lost during the cooking process. Boiling broccoli will eliminate about 50% of folic acid contained in it. Therefore, if you want to process by boiling broccoli, broccoli should not be boiled too long, approximately not more than 5 minutes. [1] Broccoli contains vitamin C and dietary fiber in large quantities. Broccoli also contains compounds glukorafanin, which is a natural form of anticancer compounds sulforafana (sulforaphane). In addition, broccoli contains isothiocyanates compounds which, as sulforafana, it is suspected to have anticancer activity [2].
