Carrots are Excellent Dietary Supplement
Ever wondered that a carrot can also be a vital source of health and fitness, the fact is that, carrots have all the properties of a health vegetable that makes it a must to have in our daily diet. Not just a source of cleverness for the bunny rabbit a carrot rich salad can be useful to make us shar and active as well.
Health properties of carrot
Carrots are nutritional super power, they store a large amount of nutrients and have all the components to designate them as an apt dietary supplement. Carrots are well-known for their sweetening properties, yet carrots do not cause diabetes and are instead found to be effective in ameliorating the diabetic condition. Carrots are excellent for treating anemia, treating the problems of urinary tract.
Carrots are very useful in re-mineralization of bones, and also provide an excellent source of nutrients like Calcium, Potassium etc. Carrots retain their nutritive value even when they are cooked making them an excellent vegetable food in raw as well as cooked form.
Chemical and nutritional components of carrot
As far as the richest source of carotene is concerned carrots certainly are the leaders. Carotene which is also responsible for the peculiar colour of the carrot, undergoes metabolism in our body and leads to the formation of Vitamin A. Apart from Vitamin A carrot is also an integral and versatile source of vitamins of the B complex family and vitamin C as well.
Carrots also contain a lot of available water i.e. up to 90% and fibers which are highly beneficial to improve the gut health. Calcium pectate a calcium polymer of pectic acid is also a very important component to improve the health and fitness of our gastrointestinal tract. Apart from this carrots also contain, in smaller amounts, essential oils, carbohydrates and nitrogenous composites.
In totality carrot can form an important component of our diet in raw as well as in the various cooked forms.
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