CILANTRO: LOVE IT OR HATE IT, THIS HEALTHY HERB CAN DO THE BODY GOOD
By Ty Bollinger
From The Truth About Cancer web site
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ARTICLE EXCERPT:
Cilantro: One of the World’s Most Powerful “Superherbs”
Often referred to as a “superherb,” cilantro packs a pretty big punch considering its size. Cilantro contains vitamins A and K, as well as high levels of vitamin C and the trace mineral manganese.
Cilantro also contains an impressive lineup of other vitamins and trace
minerals such as B vitamins, calcium, iron, zinc, phosphorus,
potassium, and magnesium.1
In the antioxidant
department, cilantro holds its weight with the best of them. Cilantro is
such a powerful antioxidant, in fact, that it’s often used as a natural
preservative, its oil helping to inhibits oxidation and prevent
spoilage in food.2 There are also antibacterial elements within cilantro that studies have shown can help prevent bacterial infections like Salmonella.
Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, published a paper in the Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry
back in 2004 that showed inhibition of many different varieties of
bacterial infections using cilantro extracts. A major constituent of
cilantro, referred to in the study as “dodecanal,” was found to be twice
as effective at killing Salmonella compared to a common antibiotic drug known as gentamicin.3 The
study’s lead author, Isao Kubo, as well as his colleagues, were shocked
to discover how effective cilantro can be at keeping certain health
conditions at bay.
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