Health benefits of Seakale

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Seakale Quick Facts
Name:	Seakale
Scientific Name:	Crambe maritima
Origin	Native to seashores and cliffs of Eurasia

Commonly known as sea cole, sea kale, crambe and sea colewort, is a species of halophytic flowering plant in Crambe genus of Brassicaceae family which grows wild along the coasts of Europe, from North Atlantic to Black sea. Sea kale can tolerate salty soils and is cultivated for its leaves and shoots which are edible. Young and blanched leaves are cooked and consumed like spinach or kale and shoots are cooked like asparagus.

It is a hardy drought tolerant plant which grows well in sandy well-drained soils. Leaves are waxy, coarsely toothed and green leaves which are about 30-90 cm (1-3 feet) long. The fragrant and white four petaled flowers which arises from basal leaves in early summer. A plant needs cross pollination and forms round corky seed pods.

History

In England, Seakale is cultivated since at least the time of Queen Anne. It is popular at the end of 1800s and at the beginning of 1900s. It is revived as salad vegetable in 2014 in kitchen gardens at Hampton Court in London.

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Health Benefits of Seakale

Digestive Health

Seakale contains high dietary fiber that is useful for processing. Fibers add bulk to the stool and move through digestive tract and prevent issues such as bloating, clogging, abundance gas and looseness of bowels. It promotes digestive health and avoids gastrointestinal ailments such as colon malignancy.

Diuretic Properties

The minerals found in seakale provide diuretic properties that empower pee. It flushes the toxins from the body so that the kidneys could perform the work at more useful level. It serves to free mobilize of overabundance of salts, fat and water as pee is made of more or less 4% fat.

Resistant System Health

Sea kale offers ample amounts of Vitamin C. Ascorbic corrosive is a standout amongst fundamental vitamins in the body and fortifies insusceptible framework for formation of white platelets. Seakale upgrades insusceptible framework and guards against normal cool to anticipating of malignancy due to cell reinforcement exercises of Vitamin C.

Regulates hormones

Iodine is the crucial minerals to maintain overall well-being. The thyroid organ requires iodine to deliver various to hormones. Effective directing of endocrine framework with iodine level, sea kale can maintain proper functioning of body and guarantee that major hormonal courses of action are adjusted. Likewise, it supports digestive system.

Weight Gain

People are stressed over getting thinner and lots of individuals needs to put on their weight. The levels of sugars imply that seakale helps the one to put on the weight after top activity, recperation from damage/surgery and diseases.

Stimulate urination

Sea kale contains mineral and metabolism stimulating and diuretic properties that stimulate urination. It flushes out the toxins from the body as the kidneys are able to function properly. It eliminates excess salts, fat and water since urine composes of 4% fat.

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Traditional uses

Leaves are used to heal wounds.
Seeds juice is helpful for gastritis and fruits are used to eliminate worms.

Culinary uses

Young leaves are consumed raw or cooked like spinach.
Prepare the leaves like asparagus.
Roots contains more starch than potatoes and tastes good raw or cooked.
The root tastes good raw or cooked, has more starch than potatoes and some protein as well.
Roots are roasted and boiled.

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