Full of Carotenoids which give them their red color, Carrots are root vegetables and are one of the best when it comes to improving the health of your eyes. Usually orange in color, though purple, red, black , white, and yellow varieties exist. While white carrots are extremely low in carotenoids, they still possess many health benefits such as the prevention of colon cancer. They are one of the ways by which a carotene allergy person can have carrots, but that too not in large volumes.
As the white carrot came into the market, a commercially considered “mutated” version of carrot also emerged,which is now readily available in all seasons – a.k.a Orange carrot.
Good Things to know!
It is known for a fact that carrots contain a lot of health benefits, such as beta carotenes which are the best way for improving one’s eye health, but there might be some things thatyou might not know about carrots, such as:
- Carrots help in reducing the chances of cancer, such as
- Prostate cancer: A 2015 review of studies suggested a link between a diet rich in carotenoids and a lower risk of prostate cancer. However, confirming the association, then determining its cause, would require more research.
- Leukemia: In 2011, researchers found evidence that nutrients in carrot juice extract could kill leukemia cells and slow or stop their progression.
- Lung cancer: Also in 2011, researchers concluded that drinking carrot juice may help prevent the type of damage that leads to lung cancer in smokers. Earlier, a 2008 meta–analysis indicated that participants with high intakes of various carotenoids had a 21% lower risk of lung cancer, after adjusting for smoking, than participants in control groups.
- They keep your digestive health in good condition as the consumption of one mid size carrot provides you with 1.7 gram of fiber
- They are an excellent source for th improvement of ones dental health a well as they have many good mineral antioxidents, stimulate gums and help produce excess saliva.
While the first carrots were grown in Afganistan, they have now become a staple of diet of many around the world. Either purple or dark blood red in the initital cultivations, carrots can be found in many colors ranging from a light red to orange to white as well.
Growing carrots at home is a easy task as well, as just the tip of the carrot can be replanted and the root vegetable can be grown back again.
Carotenemia is a clinical condition characterized by yellow pigmentation of the skin (xanthoderma) and increased beta-carotene levels in the blood. In most cases, the condition follows prolonged and excessive consumption of carotene-rich foods, such as carrots, squash, and sweet potatoes. Although this condition appears in 6-18 months of age, the same is treated after a normal diet of 3 or 4 weeks.
Cooking, grinding, juicing of carrots not only makes it easier to chew them but also allows them to be absorbed better by the body by 6 times or 600% as fast. While processing in raw form like this increases it substantially, eating carrots with fat increases it 10 times or 1000%.
Considered as a relish, a delicacy or just the best dessert in some cases (after being cooked), carrots are one of the best vegetables to be had in raw, cooked, pickled, processed or even juiced form.
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