Stop giving away money to your pharmacist buying vitamin A pills, or stop staring at the mirror and thinking you are getting old. There are some facts about Carrots you’re going to love and will either stop telling carrot a bunny food or be a bunny yourself. This lovely orange or reddish fruit is a host of beneficiary nutrition. Here are some amazing facts about carrot.
Benefits of Carrots
• Vitamin A is necessary for our eyes and we all know it. But do we know that carrots possesses high amount of beta-carotene And in liver it is converted in vitamin A. Vitamin A is then transformed to rhodopsin in our retina. Rhodopsin is a purple pigment essential for night vision. Another interesting thing to know is that studies found people who eat the most beta-carotene had 40 percent less risk of macular degeneration than those who consumed little.
• Falcarinol, a natural pesticide produced by the carrot itself to protects its roots from fungal diseases. And it’s found in researchers that this element can cause the anticancer agents. Carrots are one of the only common sources of this compound. A study in mice showed 1/3 lower cancer risk by carrot-eating and the scientist told to have the similar results for human.
• By slowing down the daily cell damage of our body due to metabolism the beta carotene and antioxidant in carrots acts as anti-aging agents.
• Vitamin A precludes early wrinkling, acne, dry skin, pigmentation, blemishes, and uneven skin tone. Vitamin A and antioxidants save the skin from sun-damage. Lack of vitamin A in our body causes skin dryness, hair-fall and dry nails.
• Carrot is a Herb doctor. Yes it prevents cuts from infection. Either shredded or boiled or mashed carrots are useful in cuts.
• Looking for some female spa for a facial? Well you better check the kitchen for some carrots first rather searching the telephone directory. Yes, grated carrot with a bit of honey is the simplest and cheapest natural facial you can get at home.
• Studies show that diets high in carotenoids are associated with a lower risk of heart disease. Carrots also have alpha-carotene and lutein which are very essential elements for healthy heart.
• A habit of eating carrots in your regular meal can reduce body cholesterol because the soluble fibers in carrots bind with bile acids.
• Vitamin A in carrots aids the liver in flushing out the toxins from the body. It cuts the bile and fat in the liver. The fibers in carrots helps cleaning out the colon and speeds waste movement.
• How many of you thought of having your teeth as sharp as bunny! Well, let me tell you better bite on a carrot right away because it stimulate gums and exerts a lot of saliva, which balances out the acid-forming, cavity-forming bacteria. Tooth damage is prevented by the minerals in carrot.
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