Usefulness Of Broccoli
Agriculture

Usefulness Of Broccoli


broccoli is a agricultural crop. Now this vegetable is cultivated over the world and widely. China is the top producing country ( 8,585,000 tons per year ) of the world and India is 2nd top producing country ( 5,014,500 tons per year ) of the world. Now the demand of broccoli as a vegetable is increasing day by day. So it's production also increasing day by day. As a vegetable broccoli is better than other vegetable.

Broccoli is a very useful vegetable for us. You can not imagine how useful it is!
It is not only is a tasty food but also it has antioxidants and anti-cancer chemicals. Broccoli contents Vitamin-C, dietary fiber, which are needed for our body. Actually Broccoli is famous for anti-cancer vegetable. Broccoli has anti-colon cancer, anti-breast cancer, anti-prostate cancer, anti-bladder cancer and anti-stomach cancer components. It is to eat Broccoli in green stage, because if it is boiled, than the benefits of Broccoli is greatly reduced. Broccoli also acts as a DNA repair. Broccoli also rich in Vitamin K and A which are essential to prevent being early-old.



Broccoli, raw (edible parts)******
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 141 kJ (34 kcal)
Carbohydrates 6.64 g
- Sugars 1.7 g
- Dietary fiber 2.6 g
Fat 0.37 g
Protein 2.82 g
Water 89.30 g
Vitamin A equiv. 31 ?g (4%)
- beta-carotene 361 ?g (3%)
- lutein and zeaxanthin 1121 ?g
Thiamine (vit. B1) 0.071 mg (6%)
Riboflavin (vit. B2) 0.117 mg (10%)
Niacin (vit. B3) 0.639 mg (4%)
Pantothenic acid (B5) 0.573 mg (11%)
Vitamin B6 0.175 mg (13%)
Folate (vit. B9) 63 ?g (16%)
Vitamin C 89.2 mg (107%)
Vitamin E 0.78 mg (5%)
Vitamin K 101.6 ?g (97%)
Calcium 47 mg (5%)
Iron 0.73 mg (6%)
Magnesium 21 mg (6%)
Phosphorus 66 mg (9%)
Potassium 316 mg (7%)
Zinc 0.41 mg (4%)

****** Data is collected from Wikipedia  
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