Hold Hunger with Carrots

Headlines: Hold Hunger with Carrots. Carrots are a popular vegetable beneficial to eyesight. But it turns out carrots also have the ability to starve so they can be used to lose weight.Carrots are known to contain high fiber, vitamins, minerals and other essential nutrients. In a cup of chopped raw carrot contains 50 calories, 1 gram protein, 12 grams carbohydrates, 3.5 grams of fiber and no fat or cholesterol.

These conditions make carrots into food with low calorie content but high in fiber and contain lots of water, so good for weight loss, as quoted from mayoclinic, Saturday (04/09/2011). Water content and high fiber also helps make a person feel full so that it can withstand hunger longer, and restrict people to snacking.

In addition, carrots have a component which is useful in reducing the risks associated with overweight and obesity. Although carrots are not the main cause of weight loss, but vegetables can play a role in supporting successful weight loss.

This is because by eating carrots consistently then the person will consume fewer calories than you burn. In addition, researchers at St Andrews and University of Bristol shows that women and men who diligently eating vegetables and fruits a strong color such as carrots and pulm, can have a luminous yellow skin that are considered very attractive and healthy.

And retinoic acid content which is a derivative of vitamin A is not only beneficial to the eyes but also efficacious as anticancer. In cancer cells this compound could inhibit the growth and spread in breast tissue.

But people should still eat other healthy foods so that nutrient intake was either a micro or macro still met with both and do not trigger other health problems.