Health Tips

By Bob Perry

Eat your broccoli and carrots

Broccoli is one hip cat. He can lay down tones to sooth the savage beast. If you want to groove to a healthy heartbeat choose to eat more broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts and kale.
     Broccoli is a member of the cabbage family, and is closely related to cauliflower. Broccoli provides a range of tastes and textures. Red cabbage is a great snack food to hold you over between meals and for those times you are driving down the road and think you are hungry but are really getting bored.
     Broccoli has been singled out as one of the small number of vegetables and fruits that contributed to the significant reduction in heart disease risk seen in recent studies. Of the more than 100,000 individuals who participated in these studies, those who diet most frequently included broccoli, tea, onions and apples gained a 20% reduction in their risk of heart disease.
Consumption of cabbage vegetables, such as broccoli, is known to help reduce the risk of a number of cancers, especially lung, colon, breast, ovarian and bladder cancer. 
     Carrots are sweet because they contain a natural sugar. But even better, they contain beta carotene, an antioxidant that eliminates free radicals from the system and helps prevent cancer and many other diseases. For each 100 gram, the carrot has 7.6 gram of carbohydrate, 0.6 gram of protein, 0.3 gram of fat, 30 milligram of calcium and
0.6 milligrams of iron. Also, it is a good source of fiber, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamin K, biotin, potassium and thiamine. Many studies have demonstrated that carrots provide us with the highest amount of beta-carotene among the list of vegetables we consume every day.
     Carrots have proved its outstanding role in anti-cancer effect. The research revealed that people with a lack of beta-carotene were more likely to have two times higher risk of cancer than normal. It is wiser to eat an appropriate amount of carrots per day to prevent cancer. This is because beta-carotene in carrots can easily be changed by our body into vitamin A, which is essential for healthy cell growth and a strong immune system. Because of the rugged lifestyle of the professional truck driver, it’s as important for drivers to protect their personal body immune system as it is their engine during the cold weather season!
You can do this!

Bob Perry
The Trucker Trainer
President
Roadside Medical Clinic