We all know that vitamin, antioxidants and nutrients are
required to reduce the risk of cancer, cardiovascular disease. So all of these
are present in carrot at very high amount . Carrots are also rich in minerals
and fiber .We oftenly heard about from our parents that “carrot will help you
see in the dark if you eat it regularly” . Firstly carrot was cultivated in
Afghanistan thousands year ago and it was small in size, and bitter and woody
in taste, and it was completely different from the carrot that we know today
.Purple , red , yellow and white carrots were grown firstly and long before the
appearance of the aromatic orange, sweet and crunchy carrot that we know today.
So here are some amazing health benefits of carrot .
1 Prevent From Cancer : Carrot contains high amount of
antioxidants . Inside every cell in our
body is DNA, and this DNA gets damage by free radicals . Free radicals are
basically unstable oxygen molecule that come from pollution , radiation ,
smoking even our own body produce free radicals . The problem is when they get
inside our cell thy start damaging our DNA or cell membrane .But thankfully we
have powerful defence against these molecule .Beta carotene , beta carotene is
found in carrot but it also found in orange foods like cantaloupes and pumpkins
and sweet potatoes .Beta carotene parks in the cell membrane and it waits there
and the free radicals comes along and it attacks the beta carotene not you that’s
why it works .
2 Prevent From Vision Loss : Carrots are full of multiple vitamins like
vitamin A . Xerophthalmia , a progressive
eye disease that can damage your normal vision and result in night blindness ,
or inability to see in dark .Vitamin A deficiency lead you to the . Xerophthalmia
, eating carrots contributes to vitamin A intake and helps prevent a deficiency
. So in this way carrot can help you see
in the dark .According to the study of National Institute Of Health (NIH) ,a
lack of vitamin A is one of the main preventable causes of blindness in
children.
3 Reduce The High Blood Pressure : Before the age of 50 years , men needs 38 g
of fiber in a day while women needs 25 g fiber in a day . After this age ,
women needs 21 g and men needs 30 g fiber in a day .A half cup of chopped
carrot contains 1.8 grams(g) of fiber and 250 mg of potassium .According to
Health Authority , people should not consume more than 2300 mg of sodium in a
day. The recommended intake of potassium (K) is 4700 mg in a day .According to
the American Heart Association (AHA) consuming a fiber –rich diet and
increasing potassium while reducing sodium intake to protect against high blood
pressure.
4 Diabetes Control : Diabetes is one of the most common
diseases nowadays, it’s a lifelong condition resulting from the body’s
.Inability to use instirred the form of sugar called insulin , this is mostly
due to the inactive lifestyle followed by unhealthy diet in most adolescents
nowadays .Although officially there’s no cure this lifelong health problem but
there is a way to control it and this led a normal life. Carrots if full of
antioxidants and antioxidants may help regulate blood sugar , the fiber in
carrot helps to regulates glucose levels in the body.
5 Nutritional Value :Here are Nutritional value of one cup a
carrot ;
52 calories
12.26 grams of carbohydrates
3 grams of sugar
0.31 grams of fat
7.6 grams of vitamin C
42 mg of calcium
0.38 mg of iron
410 mg of potassium
45 mg of phosphorus
0.31 mg of zinc
88 mg of sodium
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