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Health Benefits of Radish

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By len7288

Radish is a vegetable with thin white skin and white flesh, this vegetable can be eaten raw ( appetizer and salads) or cooked (ingredient to soup dishes). To retain the freshness and crunchiness of this vegetable it is advised to soak it in a cold water. Radish is rich in vitamin C.


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white china radish
white china radish

Nutritive Values : Per 100 gm.

  • Vitamin A : 30 I.U.
  • Vitamin B : Thiamine .03 mg.;
  • Vitamin C : 24 mg.
  • Calcium : 37 mg.
  • Iron : 1.0 mg
  • Phosphorus : 31 mg.
  • Potassium : 130 mg.
  • Carbohydrates : 4.2 gm.
  • Protein : 1.2 gm.
  • Calories : 20

Health Benefits of Radish :

  1. Beneficial for the teeth, gums, nerves, hair and nails.
  2. Stimulate appetite.
  3. Relieve nervous exhaustion.
  4. Respiratory problems
  5. Digestive problems
  6. Relieves constipation
  7. Runny nose
  8. Helps to reduce overweight or obesity and dissolves gall stones.
  9. Helpful in cases of tuberculosis.
  10. Radish also has a mild diuretic effect, increasing the production of urine by the kidneys.
  11. Good for diabetics just like cucumber and bitter gourd.

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melanie  says:
3 years ago

thank you very much for this info. i am very interested in health benefit of different foods.

kathie  says:
2 years ago

Hey, thank you very much for your helpful information. I would like to know more about health benefits of fruits and vegetable in the body

Nicanor C. Jimenez  says:
2 years ago

Thanks a lot for the inputs! I love them very much - very useful to everyone!

neon  says:
2 years ago

thank you for your informations

dinesh  says:
2 years ago

really very good informations. good to know this is also helpful for diabetic.

thanks

JJ  says:
16 months ago

Thanks very much for the service you are doing. I appreciate it.

robert gibs  says:
14 months ago

Wawo, this informatin has made me good coz i did not know how good it is. You can live healthy minus visiting the doc when you eat radish. thax so much I have apprecaited and liked it so much.

Ruly Tabuniar  says:
12 months ago

I'm verry happy for this health information my health problem surely be eliminated. I appreciated so much.

Cheryl  says:
12 months ago

Great info. Thank you for educating us on the benefits of Radishes. I just juiced a bunch of them and wanted to learn more about what the nutrients are. This site was perfect.

Marie  says:
12 months ago

hieeee i really liked this site,always wanted to kno much n more abt raddish,wen i clicked onto the net this page welcomes up n i got the exact info i wanted,many thanks//

Win  says:
11 months ago

Mom was feeding the dogs some radish, so thought I'd check out the health benefits. Thanks!

margaret  says:
11 months ago

Thank you for being sharing this information, this is help a lot. Thank you again.

Jay  says:
7 months ago

Awesome!! I just got a bag because my grandfather use to eat them. I knew they would be full of goodies!

jhaw  says:
2 months ago

I really love this root crop, this help me a lot on my gallstone cleansing. Painless and natural way to disolve gallstones. Take it as a habbit eating on a half empty stomach.

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