Celery contains Vitamin C and several other active compounds that promote health, and whcih may help lower cholestrol. It is also packed with coumarins, that may be useful in cancer prevention. Vitamin C also helps to support the immune system.
Vitamin C rich foods like celery may help reduce cold symptoms or severity of cold symptoms; over 20 scientific studies have concluded that Vitamin C is a cold-fighter.
Vitamin C also prevents the free radical damage that triggers the inflammatory cascade, and is therefore also associated with reduced severity of inflammatory conditions, such as asthma, oseoarthritis, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Enjoy your celery in the form of a salad or just munch on a stick whenever you feel like it.
Source : TOI
