Radishes may not be the most popular vegetable in your garden, but they are one of the healthiest. Radishes are a root crop and are juicy, pungent, or sweet in taste. These undervalued root vegetables are packed with nutrients. They can be white, red, purple or black, and in terms of shape, they can be long and cylindrical or round. They are eaten raw, cooked or pickled.
Radish or Raphanus sativus is a root vegetable belonging to the Brassicaceae family. It belongs to the family of cruciferous vegetables and, like other members of this family, contains characteristic oil which is the source of its pungent flavor. There are a number of different varieties of radishes around the world and they differ in size, colour and weight. There are various kinds of radishes with some growing in spring and summer, and some in winter. Daikon, the white variety most commonly found in India, is a spring-summer vegetable.
Benefits Of Radish
High on Fiber: If you eat it as part of your daily salad intake, without going overboard of course, radish also provides your system with ample roughage and fibers, therefore improving your digestion.
Liver Health: Radishes are extremely good for the liver and stomach. They are powerful detoxifying agents and help purify blood and eradicate waste and toxins.
Digestion: Radishes are rich in fiber that adds considerable bulk to bowel movements, which promotes regular excretory patterns and relieves the symptoms of constipation.
Treats Cancer: Radishes are detoxifiers and are rich in vitamin C, folic acid, and anthocyanins, they have been connected to treating many types of cancer, particularly colon, kidney, intestinal, stomach, and oral cancer.
Helps in treating jaundice: it helps to remove bilirubin and even regulates its production. Radish also helps to prevent the breakdown of red blood cells in people suffering from jaundice by increasing the supply of oxygen.
Improves Cardiovascular System: Radishes are a great source of anthocyanins, a type of flavonoids, which not only give color to radishes but also provide numerous health benefits.
Controls Blood Pressure: Radish can help lower your blood pressure, and keep your blood flow in control, especially if you are known to suffer from hypertension.
Helps you to lose weight: If you want to lose weight, you can include radishes in your diet as they are low in digestible carbohydrates.
Controls Diabetes: Radish is beneficial to diabetic patients.
Good for your skin: Radish is good for your skin due to the presence of Vitamin C, vitamin B , zinc and phosphorus. The water content in this vegetable helps to keep your skin moisturized.
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