Broccoli is very low in calories, 100g of broccoli has less than 33 calories, and a huge broccoli has less than 100 calories, which is perfect for babies who are losing weight and fat.

And, broccoli is rich in protein, vitamins and minerals such as calcium, iron and zinc. In addition broccoli also contains carotene and selenium and other antioxidant-like substances, one of which is called radish sulfide has a very good anti-cancer effect!

It can be said that broccoli is a good product to enhance human immunity and fight against aging and cancer, but if the cooking method is wrong, you will waste these nutrients of broccoli!

Generally we all do broccoli like to cook it first, and then mix it to eat, and this way to eat we all feel very healthy, however, "cooking" is the most wrong means of cooking broccoli.

These are the most common ways to cook broccoli, and the most common way to cook broccoli is to boil it! Eat so many years of boiled broccoli are not eaten in vain? Yes, the most wrong way to cook broccoli is boiling.

First of all, after boiling broccoli water-soluble vitamin C content almost disappeared;

Additionally broccoli in some of the rich vitamin A, carotene, vitamin E and other anticancer substances are fat-soluble, boiled broccoli these substances will not be absorbed by the human body;

Importantly, the broccoli contains a valuable anticancer substance radish sulfur The valuable anti-cancer substance radish sulfide in broccoli will also disappear because of boiling, so the broccoli eaten in this way does not have much help to the human body.

So, what Dabai is telling you is that broccoli is a natural plant source of radish sulfide, an element that has been shown to prevent and fight cancer. And the formation of radish sulfide requires a special enzyme in broccoli, black mesonase. This means that the cancer-fighting radish sulfide cannot be formed if the black mesonase enzyme in broccoli is damaged, and boiling destroys this enzyme in large quantities.

The right way to cook broccoli

The best way to cook broccoli is to steam it in water for 3-5 minutes, then toss it with a little olive oil.

This will maximize the retention of nutrients in the broccoli, and also prevent some antioxidants from being destroyed, in addition to a small amount of oil to fry a little or add a small amount of water to microwave a little bit of broccoli are much better than boiled broccoli.