Cabbage
Juicy Trivia
Cabbage is a member of the cruciferous family known for it’s anti-cancer properties. It’s believed that it was brought to Europe around 600bc by groups of Celtic wanderers.
Cato the Censor was a great advocate of cabbage and claimed: “It will purge wounds full of pus and cancers and make them well when no other treatment can accomplish it”
In ancient Rome a 16th century historian quoted “The old Romans, having expelled physicians out of their commonwealth, did for many years maintain their health by the use of cabbages, taking them for every disease.
Babe Ruth used to wear a cabbage leaf under his hat during games, which he would change for a fresh leaf halfway through each game.
Jason Says...
Cabbage Juice works wonders for digestive problems. Cabbage Juice contains sulforaphane, which kills off the bacterial causing stomach ulcers. You can add cabbage to your juices or why not try a cabbage shot, as featured in Super Juice Me! The Big Juice Experiment. Simply juice one apple and half a small cabbage (red cabbage works really well) and down the hatch!
Juice or Smoothie?
Juice: the darker, outer leaves contain more nutrients than the inner leaves.
Juicy Benefits
It is an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory. The phytochemicals, sulforaphane,indoles, isothiocyanates, coumarins and phenols contained within cabbage is what makes it such a powerful anticancer food. Cabbage can help prevent breast, prostate and colon cancer, lower the risk of cataracts, prevent heart disease and birth defects. It also supports digestive health and promotes heart health.
Research
It is said that ancient Roman healers would cure breast cancers by making a paste from cabbage and rubbing it on the breast, although dismissed as folklore, studies have shown it can prevent tumours from developing by rubbing cabbage paste into the backs of laboratory animals.
Studies carried for TNO Nutrition and Food Research Institute, Zeist,
Netherlands on the preventative effects brassica vegetables can have on cancer concluded that a high consumption of brassica vegetables is associated with a decreased risk of cancer. This association appears to be most consistent for lung, stomach, colon and rectal cancer and least consistent for prostatic, endometrial and ovarian cancer.
Jay Kordich, juicing pioneer, worked with Dr. Garnett Chaney of Stanford
University Medical School in 1949 on a double blind study of 45 inmates at San Quentin Prison in California, 93 percent of the ulcers in prisoners taking cabbage juice every day - were healed after three weeks.
Vitamins, Minerals and Extras
Vitamin A, B1 thiamine, B2 riboflavin, B3 niacin, B4 choline, B5 pantothenic acid, B6 pyridoxine, B9 folic acid, C, K, potassium, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, selenium, sodium, beta-carotene, lutein and zeaxanthin
References
The complete Book of JuicingMichael T Murray N.D
The Doctors Book of Food Remedies - Selene Yeager
The World’s Healthiest Foods - George Mateljan
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
www.naturodoc.com
Disclaimer
Please be aware that we are not Doctors, so it is important BEFORE making any changes that you consult with your GP or Medical Practitioner. The suggestions above are not meant as an alternative to any current medical treatment so please DO NOT stop taking any medications you are on. They are also not an endorsement of their effectiveness, nor a recommendation that they should be followed but instead, provided for informational purposes. None of the information on the Natural Juice Therapy site is intended or implied to treat, cure or prevent any condition or disease.