You certainly know the vegetables on this one? Yes the mustard green. The usual veggies in the mix in food ingredients such as chicken noodle and dumpling soup is certainly very familiar in the eyes of the community. Then do you know what the heck s benefits of mustard greens for health? and did you know that mustard Greens have effects side effects ?
Mustard Green is a type of vegetables that are familiar and often consumed by people in Indonesia. Plants that have a latin name Brassica sinensis l. is included in the family Brassicaceae. There are two types of mustard greens are generally cultivated, namely, mustard greens and chicory. In addition, there is also a mustard that is rarely cultivated, such as curly mustard, Collards and mustard greens, huma monument.
Mustard Greens have a short stem with leaf width, not winged, and whitish-green. Whereas, chicory berbatang short, broad-leaved with dark green, fine-stemmed and panhang, as well as winged. Green vegetables including mustard greens that have little calories, but have a high fiber with vitamins and minerals that are good for the body. The following nutrient content per 100 grams of mustard greens.
The following benefits :
- Minimize the Illness Diabetes type 2
Mustard is one of the vegetables that contain alpha-linoleic acid and omega 3 fatty acids which are good for brain health. Minimize disease type 2 diabetes and also simultaneously nourish the heart, to always function optimally.
- Maximize your diet
For those of you who are going through a program of diet, Consume sawi is very precise. Because these vegetables are indeed low in calories but rich in fiber. Calories raw cabbage leaves only 26kkal/100gram because it is low in fat.
- Fight Cancer
Cancer is indeed can strike anyone and at any time. Various types of cancer are indeed we should beware. But sawi can prevent various types of cancer, such as prostate cancer, colon cancer, breast cancer and ovarian cancer, too. However, the content of mustard can prevent cancer cells because of the effect of sitoktoksik on the cell.
- Prevent Osteoporosis
Benefits of mustard next is able to prevent osteoporosis. Even consuming mustard greens on a regular basis can prevent you from heart disease and asthma.
- Fight inflammation and formation of plaque in arteries
The content of Fitronutrien and quercetin were able to fight inflammation and formation of plaque in arteries and solfaraphane. But you need other fruit such as avocado and olive oil so that the running resistance more effective.
- Maintain the health of mucous membranes
The content of vitamin A found in vegetables mustard greens, can meet and maintain the health of mucous membranes. In addition vitamin A is also very useful for your eye vision.
- Prevent defects in Babies
The leaves of the mustard greens also contain folic acid which is good for the health of the fetus. Because vitamins are soluble in water is needed for the synthesis of DNA when before and early pregnancy. It is useful and beneficial to prevent neural tube defects in infants in the womb.
How To Cultivate Mustard :
The benefits of mustard greens actually already much realized by the community. However, they do not yet know how to cultivate vegetables properly, so that the benefits of belonging to the mustard is lost. Before eating, wash the leaves of mustard greens in a bowl of cold water repeatedly until no sand or dirt in the water. When processing the mustard greens, try to always wear a big fire so that the heat does not emit a lot of water, so not much sulfur dissolves and stay crunchy. Do not overcook cultivate or stewing mustard greens mustard greens leaf because it is too soft and smells of sulfur too sharply.
Glukosinolat compounds contained in the mustard greens are easy to Iarut in water. Therefore, cooking collards sauteed or steamed should. However, when forced to boiled, we recommend that you do not use too much water and keep in the not too long. However, better yet in a new Chinese cabbage is placed after the boiling water.
Now that's some of the benefits of vegetable green mustard to your health. but to consume vegetables also need to note include :
for the Kidney stone sufferer should should reduce consume of mustard greens. Because of the mustard greens contain oxalate which can inhibit the absorption of calcium in the body. So it can be at risk of Kidney stone formation.
for who have thyroid dysfunction problems should also avoid consuming raw mustard because content goitrogensnya can trigger swelling of the thyroid gland.
Measure and Note If you consume vegetable on this one. For all the benefits you can enjoy. By observing these few things, surely you will benefit from the mustard.