Skin benefits of cauliflower:
Cauliflower is a member of the Cruciferous family of vegetables contains an impressive array of nutrients including vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other phytochemicals. Cauliflower is a excellent source of vitamin C, folate, vitamin K, vitamin B-6, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and vitamin E, according to organicfacts.com.
Cauliflower provides vital minerals such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium and manganese without adding any harmful cholesterol. It is a very good source of protein and offers a very low amounts of fats that is comes from unsaturated fats and essential omega-3 fatty acids.
The health benefits of cauliflower include relief from indigestion, ultra violate radiation, diabetes, colitis, respiratory papillomatosis, macular degeneration, obesity and hypertension. The power of antioxidant of cauliflower helps in strengthening the immune system and also helps in reducing the risk of stroke, cancer and neurodegenerative disease. Apart from these cauliflower also helps in skin problems, according to organicfacts.
Cauliflower is packed with phytonutrients like vitamin C, beta-carotene, kaempferol, and quercetin. Rutin, cinnamic acid. They provide our skin cells with adequate defense attack by Reactive Oxygen species (ROS). These micronutrients resist aging caused by everyday exposure to pollutants, chronic stress. So cauliflower works against anti-aging for skin.
Vitamin C and manganese found abundantly in cauliflower that increase the amount of oxygen in blood and accelerate the metabolism. The more oxygen in blood the more toxic materials of body will excrete. Skin becomes healthy if the toxic materials in blood are low. By this cauliflower prevents from some unhealthy skin problems like acne, flashy skin, dark spots, wrinkles, warts, moles, rashes etc.
Cauliflower also prevents the skin inflammation by providing one of the hallmark anti-inflammatory nutrients, vitamin K. vitamin K acts as a direct regulator of our inflammatory response. One of the glucosinolates found in cauliflower is glucobrassicin which can be readily converted into an isothiocyante molecule called ITC or indole-3-carbinol that is an anti-inflammatory compound which operate at the genetic level, and by doing so, it prevents the initiation of inflammatory responses at a very early stage.
The benefits of consuming cauliflower are unlimited. It is so delicious and also gives lot of energy relieving many health problems.