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5 Healthy Benefits You Should Know about Zucchini
Add essential vitamins and minerals to your body by eating “Zucchini”, a dark green vegetable in cucurbit family. This versatile squash has long cylinder shape, smooth skin, and crispy, dense, and moist texture that goes perfectly with many recipes. You can pair boiled zucchini with chili paste, cook with eggs, or replace with Chinese okra in spicy mixed vegetable soup. It’s also a good idea to add it to mixed vegetable salad.
Not only it tastes amazing, this dark green squash called “zucchini” which look similar to Japanese cucumber also provides a number of health benefits. Follow us and find out the 5 health benefits that “zucchini” gives you. Let’s take a look together now.
Promote eye health
“Zucchini” is high in vitamin C and beta-carotene. Both nutrients play major roles in promoting eye health. It also contains antioxidants called Lutein and Zeaxanthin which are members of Carotenoid Family. Both of them reduce risk of common age-related eye problems such as glaucoma, cataract, and pinguecula as well.
Reduce blood sugar levels
Vegetables usually contain smaller amount of carbohydrate and so does “Zucchini”. As “Zucchini” has low carbohydrate content, it offers medicinal property, including lowering blood sugar levels and regulating insulin. For people diagnosed as type 2 diabetes patients because their target cells do not respond normally and effectively to insulin, this squash can reduces necessity of taking medications as well.
Good for digestive and excretory systems
“Zucchini” contains 2 types of soluble fibers that nourish and strengthen cells of the colon, reduce inflammation and also lower risk of gastrointestinal disorders diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome. Meanwhile, the insoluble fiber contained promote better function of digestive system by enabling food to pass through intestines better and relieve constipation. Moreover, “zucchini” is recommended to people on diet as it’s high in fiber so it can keep you feel full right away and also relieve hunger and appetite.
Reduce risk of heart disease
“Zucchini” is rich in folate, potassium, and magnesium which reduce risk of heart disease. Furthermore, since “zucchini” is low in cholesterol, sodium, and fat, it could maintain balance of carbohydrates and ensure the body has the appropriate amount of carbohydrates, resulting in good heart health and vascular system. As a result, blood circulation functions well and pumps blood throughout the circulatory system effectively.
Prevent certain types of cancer
We’ve mentioned earlier that “zucchini” is rich in antioxidants in Carotenoid Family that help promote eye health. In addition, “zucchini” is also rich in other antioxidants like vitamin A and vitamin C which promote the immune system, reduce inflammation in the body, and remove oxidation known as the major cause of certain types of cancer from your body such as prostate cancer.
As we’ve talked about many benefits that “zucchini”, a dark green squash with smooth shiny skin delivers to everyone across different ages and genders, it’s time to prepare a delicious “zucchini” recipe like “Zucchini Spaghetti with Bolognese Sauce”, a healthy Italian food. We replace spaghetti pasta with shredded “zucchini”, topped with rich, flavorful Bolognese sauce, and add fresh basil leaves to garnish. This is another healthy menu that we would like to share with you, and so you could follow our step by step. Let’s find out what ingredients are required for this recipe and how to cook. Come and take a look now.
Ingredients
1. 4 Finely shredded zucchinis
2. Bangkok Bob’s organic ground sirloin 250 g.
3. ½ Diced onion
4. Chopped garlic 3 cloves
5. Olive oil 1 tbsp.
6. Dried oregano ½ tbsp.
7. Alce Nero Organic Tomato Sauce with Basil 100 g.
8. Salt ¼ tsp.
9. Ground pepper
10. Fresh basil leaves to garnish
Instructions
1. Put a cooking pot on the stove, pour water into the cooking pot, then boil the water over medium heat. Add salt and shredded zucchini into boiling water for 2 minutes, after that remove shredded zucchini from cooking pot to drain and set aside to let cool.
2. Heat a skillet on the stove over medium heat, slightly add olive oil and Bangkok Bob’s organic ground sirloin to stir fry until cooked trough completely.
3. Start making Bolognese Sauce by heat the skillet on the stove over medium heat again, add olive oil and diced onions, then fry until tender and translucent. After that add chopped garlic and dried oregano, continue to fry for another few minutes.
4. Pour in Alce Nero Organic Tomato Sauce with Basil into the skillet, season with salt and ground pepper to taste, then mix together until well blended.
5. Add fried sirloin into the skillet, stir-fry until well blended, then turn off the stove.
6. Transfer shredded zucchini to a serving plate, pour Bolognese Sauce on top, then garnish with basil leaves. Now, this healthy and delicious dish is ready for everyone.
You can see that all the ingredients used for cooking “Zucchini Spaghetti with Bolognese Sauce” by Topspick are all organic because we would love to make this healthy recipe chemical-free as possible to promote better health to everyone. If you love to shop healthy products, you’ll find Healthiful Zone at Tops market perfect for you! We provide you with ranges of excellent quality products that all the health enthusiasts love to buy. You can simply shop healthiful products at Tops Online available 24 hours which is as convenient as visiting physical retail store by yourself. Before we leave, let Healthiful be your healthier alternative to maintain good health. See you next time and good buy for now.
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