Antioxidant, fights bacteria, stimulates intestinal movement and one of its varieties helps disintegrate gallstones
Radish is a tuber edible, an excellent accompaniment to tacos due to their fresh, spicy and slightly bitter flavor, it is also usually eaten pickled and in salads. Probably the one you know the most is red and small, but there are different sizes and colors.
The meat of the different radishes is white, but there are white, yellow, red, purple and black. Some measure up to a kilogram.
In addition to cooking, radish has been used as digestive and natural remedy for treat gallstones, bronchitis and colds.
Black radish juice has been used by traditional medicine as a natural medicine for the stimulation of bile function and as a powerful antioxidant.
Ibrahim Guillermo Castro Torres, researcher of Biomedical Sciences of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), demonstrated in an experimental model that black radish (Raphanus sativus L. var niger) disintegrates cholesterol gallstones, helps bile function and liver and lowers blood cholesterol.
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Antioxidant
It is source of vitamin C, which contributes to the protection of cells against oxidative damage. This vitamin is necessary to maintain our immune system working correctly, so we can avoid or limit infections.
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Provides sulfur
When there is chronic sulfur deficiency the skin it becomes weaker, less bright. Sulfur is part of collagen It is part of bones and cartilage, if there is little sulfur, discomfort in joint movements can also occur.
According to the Spanish Federation of Nutrition, the composition of radishes highlights the presence of sulfur compounds such as glucosinolates.
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Take care of the liver
Studies refer that the extract of radish stimulates the intestinal movement, this shortens the retention time of lipids in the diet in the digestion system. This can help prevent lipid buildup in the liver.
Fights infections
Radish seed extracts inhibit Staphylococcus and coliform bacteria. The antibacterial active ingredient of the seeds is resistant to heat, and even boiling in water for 30 minutes without a marked loss of activity according to a study from the University of Szeged, Hungary.
Chronic disease preventive
The glucosinolatesResponsible for the pungent aroma and bitter taste of radish, they act as a first-line defense for plants, protecting them from environmental and biological stress (insects, fungi, drought conditions).
These same substances are being investigated for their ability in humans to affect certain types of cancer and heart disease.
According to the National Cancer Institute, some glucosinolate compounds have been found inhibit the formation of cancer in various organs of rats and mice, among them, the bladder, the breasts, the colon, the liver, the lungs and the stomach.
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