In terms of color variety, cabbages grow in green, white, red and purple colors in nature. However, out of hundreds of varieties, only a few find their way into grocery stores and fruit shops.
Although cabbage may look a lot like lettuce, it actually belongs to the Brassica family. and broccoli, cauliflower and kale are also included in this family.
Get to know the types of cabbage and the properties of each of them
How many types of cabbage are there?
1. Kale
Kale is full of benefits and is one of the most popular vegetables around the world. It provides our body with copper, potassium, iron, manganese, phosphorus, calcium, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K.
Properties of kale
Kale lowers your cholesterol and It protects you against cancer. Carotenoids and flavonoids are antioxidants that have very high anti-cancer benefits. Also, kale is very useful for eye health due to its lutein and zeaxanthin compounds. Eating cooked cabbage reduces the risk of heart diseases.
2. Brussels sprouts
Brussels sprouts are a plant of the genus Brassica and belong to the Cruciferous family. This cabbage is also called button cabbage in Persian language. It looks similar to kale, but its size is much smaller than kale.
Dozens of small cabbages appear on one stem of Brussels sprouts. Large Brussels sprouts are bitter and tasteless. Brussels sprouts have a fancy appearance, and nowadays its consumption is popular in the preparation of all kinds of salads, pickles and food in Iran.
Properties of Brussels sprouts
The presence of button cabbage beautifies the appearance of food and due to the presence of substances such as calcium, sulfur, arsenic, iodine, sulfate, doptas nitrate, oxides Iron and sulfur are very useful to strengthen the blood and cure anemia and destroy stomach and intestinal worms.
Because this plant contains arsenic, it increases appetite, gives strength and youth, and causes beauty and The face becomes fresh. The sulfur present in this cabbage fights the secretion of fat that leads to hair loss and prevents eczema.
3. Broccoli
Broccoli is available in green and purple colors, and this vegetable belongs to the cabbage family. This cabbage is one of the foods that are rich in vitamin C, vitamin K, fiber, folate, potassium, selenium, vitamin A, manganese, tryptophan and phosphorus.
Broccoli can be consumed in three ways, after chopping Broccoli, eat some of it raw, another part of it should be roasted for four minutes immediately after chopping,
properties of broccoli
daily consumption Broccoli protects you against arthritis, gout and heart disease. In general, green vegetables make the heart healthy. The presence of vitamin K in the body makes the size of the left ventricle of the heart, which is responsible for delivering blood to all parts of the body, normal, and the lack of this vitamin causes the ventricle to enlarge. The left side of the heart becomes enlarged and the blood pumping is not done properly
and the risk of heart attack increases. If children have broccoli in their diet, the risk of heart attack will be much lower in old age.