Among other types of vegetables, including carrots are the most popular vegetable of many people, both adults and children - children. Sweet flavor and crunchy texture, perfect serve healthy dishes. If you do not like the rabbit's favorite vegetables, you belong to a group that loses. Because, you lose the benefits provided many carrots for health.
Hearing the word "carrot" which in English is called a carrot, you would immediately think of the orange fruit and elongated shape, and one of them pointed. Carrots are included in the plant vegetables in the biological sciences, carrots included in the family Apiaceae.
The edible part of the carrot is the root or roots. Carrot is a biennial plant with a life cycle of 12-24 months which is capable of storing large amounts of carbohydrates for the plant is flowering in the second year. Flower stems grow about 1m tall, with white flowers.
Carrots or in Latin is called Daucus carota is a vegetable plant that can be grown throughout the year. Especially in the mountainous regions that have cold temperatures and moisture. Carrot plants require sunlight and can grow in all seasons. Carrots have a rod in the form of a set of wet leaf midrib (leaf stalks) that arise from the base of the fruit of the top (root tuber), similar to celery.
According to botanists, carrot (Daucus carota) can be divided into several types, including:
- Type imperator, the carrot root tuber that has a length with a tapered tip and taste less sweet.
- Type chantenang, the carrot that has a root tuber elliptic and sweetened.
- Type mantes, the result of a combination of carrot carrot types imperator and chantenang. Root tuber typical orange-colored carrots. Here is a list of the benefits of carrots you need to know. Who knew there was a recipe that you need.
- Carrots are a popular vegetable after potatoes keduya. Carrots contain vitamin A which is high. Vitamin A and Beta carotene sometimes - sometimes prescribed for the same thing, because beta carotene is converted in the body into vitamin A. Beta carotene itself included in the class have been identified karotenoida and there are more than 600 different types of carotenoids. Among other well-known in the world of health is carotene, lutein, and lycopene.
- Beta-carotene is an important part of the carotenoids. If the body were given beta-carotene intake, the body will form vitamin A as the body needs so that eating carrots makes a safe way to get vitamin A.
- Prevent cancer.
- Compared with other vegetables, carrots mostly contain beta carotene, average - average 12,000 IU; experts recommend 15000-25000 IU. This is related to the high content of beta carotene can prevent cancer, because of the nature of the work against destructive antioksidanya cells - cancer cells. Besides beta-carotene helps the immune system produce a "killer cells" natural. * Prevent Myopia and Correcting Twilight Vision
- Carotene is also good for eye health. Helps prevent night blindness and weak eyesight improving. Lack of vitamin A, known in medical terms as vitaminosis A, can cause night blindness or night blindness.
- Lowering Blood Cholesterol
- In the carrot also contains pectin which is good for lowering blood cholesterol. High fiber is also beneficial to prevent constipation. With the potassium content in carrots, can help neutralize acids in the blood and liver vitamin A helps eliminate toxins in the body.
- Raw or Cooked Carrots are a source of potassium and vitamin C. Getting and eating carrots is easy, can be mixed in a variety of food, drink juice or supplements. Now, to obtain the maximum benefits of carrots to consider is to choose the carrot jelly. Choose a color carrots rather young and bright. This indicates that the carrot is still young and fresh
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