What’s up, Doc? “When you eat carrots every day, you will find many advantages – and you can continue to annoy Elmer Fudds in your life.
Let the humble carrot, historical, healthy and very tasty. The orange carrots have been around since the 16th and 17th centuries.
The Dutch growers were selected for their sweetness and crunchy texture. Gone are bitter and woody roots grown for the first time near modern Afghanistan.
Fun fact – carrots come in purple, red, yellow and white! They are all good for you.
What happens when you eat a carrot a day? One carrot a day can keep cancer away!
Good for You
Carrots have long been known as health foods. The rabbit food has a negative meaning, but Bugs Bunny knew something about good food!
A cup of chopped carrots contains only 52 calories. In this cup, you’ll get all the vitamin A you need for the day, thanks to beta-carotene, which gives carrots their orange color.
Also, you will get a variety of B vitamins, lots of fiber, and a handful of other healthy vitamins and minerals.
Good for Your Eye Sight
Carrots are good for the eyes. It turns out this old tale is true! It turns out that all that beta carotene may help prevent vision loss.
Vitamin A deficiency is the leading preventable causes of blindness in children. Eating carrots can help prevent vitamin A deficiency can lead to night blindness.
Carrots are an excellent source of antioxidants, including lutein. Lutein is an important part of eye health.
Immune System
Carrots are an excellent source of vitamin C. This vitamin is an important part of your immune system and, as it is soluble in water, your body needs to replace regularly.
Before the flu season, eat your carrots to reduce the severity and duration of a cold.
You can get the same effect with oranges, but carrots contain fewer calories and more fiber!
Leukemia
A 2011 study found a link between carrot juice extract and inhibition of leukemia progression. Researchers believe that polyacetylenes are the active agent that destroys certain types of leukemia cells.
You can not cure leukemia with carrot juice, but a carrot a day will not hurt. Especially when you consider all the other good effects!
Diabetes Control
The humble carrot contains lots of antioxidants and phytochemicals (chemicals produced by plants) that can help regulate blood sugar. The glycemic index of carrots is only about 39 for a raw carrot. That means clustering you will not spike your blood sugar while you crunch of the sweet goodness of a carrot!
Even if you are not diabetic, your blood sugar level is lower.
Heart Health
Bugs Bunny had a negative effect on other characters, but it was probably just fine.
Turns out that eating a fiber-rich diet high in potassium is great for reducing high blood pressure and heart disease.
Guess what the humble carrot has a lot of! Fiber and potassium. In addition, carrots Maybe reliable to help lower cholesterol levels. Add carrots to your diet and your heart will thank you.
Diet Food
Yup – a rabbit diet food! Carrots make you feel full, do not raise your sugar levels in the blood and are an excellent source of vitamins. As they are rich in fiber, you feel full longer and you may eat less at the next meal. In addition, your intestines really like fibers and are more regular.
If you limit the sugar, a good carrot can help your sweet tooth not to disturb you for dessert.
Free Radicals
There is a lot of evidence on the antioxidant-rich diet. First a little knowledge about the importance of antioxidants.
The normal metabolism, exposure to X-rays, ozone, cigarette smoke, pollution, and chemicals. Free radicals like stealing electrons cells, DNA and proteins.
When cells or DNA lose an electron, they can no longer function properly. Antioxidants are free radical electrons, so they can not cause much damage.
Cancer
A damaged cell is sensitive to carcinogens. Eating carrots can help stop many types of cancer.
Since lung cancer is closely associated with smoking and that it creates free radicals, carrots can help smokers. A 2008 study found that people who consume a lot of carotenoids have a lower risk of lung cancer than those who do not.
You do not want to eat those orange carrots to enjoy. The carrots of all colors have slightly different types of carotenoids.