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Contact SupplierWe are offering broccoli.
Broccoli is one of the very low calorie vegetables; provide just 34 calories per 100 g. Nevertheless, it is rich in dietary fiber, minerals, vitamins, and anti-oxidants that have proven health benefits.
Fresh broccoli is a storehouse of many phyto-nutrients such as thiocyanates, indoles, sulforaphane, isothiocyanates and flavonoids like beta-carotene cryptoxanthin, lutein, and zea-xanthin. Studies have shown that these compounds by modifying positive signaling at molecular receptor levels help protect from prostate, colon, urinary bladder, pancreatic, and breast cancers.
It contains very good amounts of another anti-oxidant vitamin, vitamin-a. 100 g fresh head provides 623 iu or 21 % of recommended daily levels. Together with other pro-vitamins like beta-carotene, alpha-carotene, and zea-xanthin, vitamin a helps maintain integrity of skin and mucus membranes. Vitamin a is essential for healthy eye-sight and helps prevent from macular degeneration of the retina in the elderly population.