Carrots, see together the health benefits of carrots and the reasons to eat carrots more often, both raw and cooked.
Don't store avocado like this: it's dangerousLe carrots are a vegetable rich in health benefits. Here are the main reasons to eat them more often, especially when we have them fresh, perhaps picked from our garden.
We can consume raw carrots, perhaps in pinzimonio, or cooked with a drizzle of oil to obtain different beneficial effects. Let's not forget that with raw carrots we can also prepare excellent fresh homemade and centrifuged juices. Let's go to the discovery of carrots and some of the beneficial effects that science has confirmed.
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They improve male fertility
Carrots improve male fertility and the quality of the sperm. The US researchers, who worked under the leadership of Jorge Chavarro, collected the results obtained in one study published in the scientific journal Fertility and Sterility with the title of "Semen quality in relation to antioxidant intake in a healthy male population". From the observations of the experts it emerged that the consumption of carrots and of orange and yellow fruits and vegetables, such as melon and sweet potatoes, would be able to increase the quality of sperm by 10%.
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They extend life
A group of American researchers - led by Chaoyang Li - monitored 15 volunteers for about 20 years, as part of the "Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Follow-up Study", and found that blood levels of alpha carotene are inversely associated with the risk of death. A confirmation of how eating fresh fruits and vegetables rich in antioxidants such as carotene found in carrots helps prevent premature death. THU more information.
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They fight childhood obesity
Carrots, along with other greens and vegetables such as broccoli and spinach, fight thechildhood obesity. One says so search of two universities in the United States, the University of Texas and that of South Carolina, published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which points to the benefits that would come if green leafy vegetables and vegetables or fruit of orange color, just like carrots, but also oranges or spinach and broccoli.
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They are healthy both raw and cooked
Carrots they are good for your health both raw and cooked for different reasons. Watch the video with our expert to learn more about the topic. If you want to better absorb the beta-carotene - precursor of vitamin A - present in carrots, better consume them cooked and seasoned with a drizzle of oil. In fact, beta-carotene is more easily assimilated by the body after a short cooking. For this reason it would be better to eat foods that contain it lightly seared in a pan or in very hot water. Vitamin A is fat soluble. It is better absorbed by our body if we accompany it with good fats, such as extra virgin olive oil. It is however good to alternate the consumption of raw carrots and cooked, because some vitamins contained in them, such as vitamin C, are sensitive to heat and deteriorate with cooking.
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They are friends of skin and beauty
Some Scottish researchers, in a study published by the scientific journal Plos One, examined the eating habits of 35 college students for six weeks. It turned out that those who consumed regularly yellow, red and orange fruit and vegetables, with particular reference to carrots and their richness in beta-carotene, he had a much more relaxed and rosy appearance of the skin.
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They promote tanning
Many of you will already know that eating carrots helps promote tanning. The best allies to prepare for sun exposure are orange-colored foods, with particular reference to carrots. In fact, carrots are considered effective natural bronzers as they are rich in beta-carotene, an element that stimulates melanin, a substance that gives color to the skin when we tan and protects it from ultraviolet rays.
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They are good for the eyes
Carrots stand out among beneficial foods for eyesight because of their richness in vitamin A, useful for sharpening the visual skills, especially at night, and to protect the eyes. Carrots also contain beta-carotene, a very precious antioxidant. Other useful foods from this point of view are represented by pumpkin, melon and apricot.
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Combattono l'invecchiamento
The presence of vitamin C and beta-carotene makes carrots particularly rich in vegetables antioxidants, substances useful to counteract i free radicals andaging. In general, eating fresh fruits and vegetables helps you stay healthy and prevent premature death. Among the foods rich in antioxidants with which to enrich our diet we find strawberries, tomatoes, blueberries, peppers and berries.
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They are friends of the gut
The consumption of carrots is recommended in case of diarrhea due to their richness in vitamins, in order to reintegrate them in the body, and pectin, useful for the functioning of the intestine. Carrots can be eaten cooked, in the form of a puree, or in the form of fresh juice to be consumed at room temperature.
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They prevent colon cancer
Carrots aren't just orange. Recently, experts have been studying the beneficial effects of black carrots to prevent colon cancer. Polyphenols and fibers, two of the substances in which black carrots are rich, would be the key to the anticancer effects of these vegetables. In particular, the fiber transports the polyphenols to the colon, where they can have a preventive effect. THU more information.
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