None of us eats enough cabbage! Here's the Mayo Clinic lowdown on Cabbage
Low in carbs and delicious!
This heavy dense green or purple veggie is delicious, crunchy, low in carbs, filling and packed with phyto-nutrients. What are phyto-nutrients? Phyto-chemicals like thiocyanates, indole-3-carbinol, lutein, zea-xanthin, sulforaphane, and isothiocyanates are powerful antioxidants and known to help protect against breast, colon, and prostate cancers and help reduce LDL or "bad cholesterol" levels in the blood. Fresh cabbage is also an excellent source of natural antioxidant, vitamin C. Provides 36.6 mg or about 61% of RDA, more than that of in the oranges. Regular consumption of foods rich in vitamin C helps the body develop resistance against infectious agents and scavenge harmful, pro-inflammatory free radicals.