Lose Weight and Feel Great with Delicious Rockstar Gingered Cabbage Coleslaw. Cabbage is one of the best foods to help you balance your hormones naturally, stop belly bloat and make your body run like a well-oiled machine.
Red cabbage has been shown to reduce Blood Pressure and the risk of Coronary Artery disease.
Cabbage has compounds called indole-3-carbinol and DIM. These help to promote the production of less potent forms of oestrogen and can be very beneficial helping to balance hormones.
Cabbage is super low in calories and loaded with vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Because it’s so full of vitamin B6 and folate, it helps you to increase your energy metabolism and heals your nervous system.
And, if you want great skin, the vitamin C in cabbage is off the charts. Vitamin C helps you to produce collagen to keep your skin, bones, muscles, blood vessels, and eyes in great shape.
If you’re iron defficent, cabbage will help you absorb non-heme iron, the type of iron found in plant foods. And has been touted to fight cancer.
While both green and red cabbage are excellent sources of this potent antioxidant, red cabbage contains about 30% more.
One cup (89 grams) of chopped red cabbage packs in 85% of the recommended intake for vitamin C, which is the same amount found in a small orange.
This crunchy vegetable is full of gut-friendly insoluble fiber for great digestive health. This fiber can’t be broken down by your intestines so it adds bulk to your stools and promotes regular bowls. We love good poop! :)
Eating more potassium-rich cabbage is a delicious way to lower high blood pressure and may help keep it within a healthy range.
Soluble fiber in cabbage has been shown to help lower “bad” LDL cholesterol levels by binding with cholesterol in the gut and keeping it from being absorbed into the blood.
It’s Very Easy to Add to Your Diet, Super Healthy and Delicious!
No matter how you prepare cabbage, adding this cruciferous vegetable to your plate is a tasty way to benefit your health
Rockstar Gingered Cabbage Coleslaw
Ingredients:
3 cups shredded red cabbage, about 1⁄2 of a medium cabbage
1-2 carrots, freshly grated
1⁄4 cup cilantro, chopped
1⁄4 cup fresh mint, chopped
2 green onions, finely minced
1/3 cup tamari roasted pumpkin seeds
Fresh Ginger Dressing Ingredients:
1⁄4 cup unrefined sesame oil
2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1⁄4 cup brown rice vinegar
1⁄2 tsp. grated ginger
1 tbsp. Tamari
1⁄2 tsp. of honey (Optional: avoid if you have candida overgrowth.)
Instructions:
Combine cabbage, carrots, onions, and herbs together.
In a small bowl combine all ingredients of the fresh ginger dressing together and whisk thoroughly.
Pour dressing over the slaw, and top with pumpkin seeds!
This hearty slaw is even better the next day, so make extra.