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This time I want to share a little about the benefits of raw carrots.
The benefits of raw carrots are more powerful for health and nutritional content is still perfect. Carrots are familiar to us as vegetables. We usually use carrots as ingredients to make soup or other types of food. But not infrequently, many do not like this orange-colored vegetables. Most of those who do not like carrots say if these vegetables have a slightly strange taste on the tongue. Though this carrot has very many benefits for the health of the body, and able to meet the various nutritional needs of our bodies, let alone carrots are still in a state of raw.
For that, let us find out more about carrots especially raw carrots so we understand what are the benefits. Carrots have the scientific name of Daucus Carota from the Apiaceae family and the genus Daucus. Carrots belong to vegetables from tubers. Carrots have a crunchy texture with a slightly sweet taste. Carrots also include vegetables worldwide because they can be found in almost all countries.
There are different types of carrots that can ands meet in various parts of the world. This vegetable is also very famous as a source of high vitamin A which is considered as one of the healthy food in the world. In addition to vitamin A it, it turns out carrots are also very rich in other nutritional content, then for those of you who want to live healthy start to consume this one vegetable.
The following are the benefits of raw carrots for the health of our body.
For those of you who often consume vitamin A pills, maybe you should immediately switch to this one colored vegetables. Yes, carrots as described above, have a lot of vitamin A content. Even among the other nutrients, vitamin A has the highest value. Not only vitamin A, carrots also contain various other nutrients needed by our body. So, if you consume carrots especially raw carrots, in addition to meeting the needs of vitamin A, you can also get other nutritional benefits. Here are the various benefits you can get from raw carrots:
1. Improve eye function
The benefits of carrot for the eyes have been patented, Carrots have been known as a food source that can nourish the senses of vision. Raw carrots contain an enormous amount of vitamin A, which is about 16,706 IU, equivalent to 557 percent of the human body's vitamin A requirement. In addition, carrots also contain lots of beta carotene which can later be converted into vitamin A in our hearts.
Vitamin A is then converted into rhodopsin form in the retina. Rodopsin is a purple pigment that is needed by the eye to be able to see at night. In addition, research shows that people who consume lots of beta-carotene-rich foods tend to have the possibility of suffering from cataracts and farsighted much lower 40 percent than those who rarely consume beta carotene.
2. Helps Prevent Cancer
Various studies show if raw carrots are proven to help reduce the risk of colon cancer, breast cancer to lung cancer. Recent research even shows if raw carrots contain falcarinol and falcarindiol substances that are included in the anti-cancer substances. Falcarinol itself is a kind of natural pesticide produced by carrots to fight plant diseases caused by fungi.
3. Helps Slow Aging
The high content of beta carotene in carrots can also be useful as an anti-oxidant that can help clear dead cells through metabolic processes. The occurrence of such processes will help slow the occurrence of the aging process.
4. Helps Healthy Skin
High vitamin A and also anti oxidants can prevent damage to the skin due to sunlight. Skin damage also includes wrinkles, black spots, uneven skin tone, acne, dry skin or skin pigmentation. These things can occur due to body deficiency of vitamin A.
5. Helps Prevent Infection
Carrots have the ability to treat external wounds and prevent infection. The trick is to smooth the raw carrots, can also boil it first then paste the carrots that have been smoothed on your wound.
6. Healthy Skin From Outer
Want healthy skin naturally? Raw carrots can be an affordable and cost effective alternative mask to make skin healthier from the outside. Simply by mixing wortelyang already shredded with honey to taste, then a natural mask, safe, and healthy you can apply on your face.
7. Prevent Heart Disease
Many consume foods that contain caretonoids can help reduce the risk of heart disease. Caretonoids are closely related to the prevention of heart disease. And carrots not only contain caretonoids but also contain beta carotene, alpha carotene and lutein.
8. Lowers cholesterol
High cholesterol? Regularly consuming carrots, especially raw carrots can help lower bad cholesterol levels in the blood. This is because carrots contain easily digestible fibers that are able to bind bad cholesterol.
9. Raw Carrots As Natural Detox
Carrots can be a powerful detox alternative. Carrots can help the liver work in cleaning toxins in the body. Bad cholesterol and fat can also be reduced by eating carrots. It is also what makes carrot as a highly recommended food for those of you who are undergoing weight loss program.
Well that's 9 benefits of raw carrots for the health of our bodies.
So you must often consume raw carrots.
In order to keep our bodies healthy guys
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