:: Benefits of Eating Celery

Benefits of Celery

Hippocrates, the father of medicine, claimed that celery calms the nerves. This may be due to its high calcium content. Celery is also good for the kidneys and helps eliminate waste through urine.

The seeds, leaves and edible root of the plant can all be used. Celery is used in aromatherapy and other traditional healing methods like Ayurveda. In Japan, rheumatic patients are sometimes placed on a celery-only diet.

Benefits of Celery

• Celery consumption reduces high blood pressure and makes you feel calm.
  
  
• Celery clears uric acid from painful joints and may help treat arthritis and rheumatic problems.
  
  
• Celery is good for the kidneys.
  
  
• It also acts as an anti-inflammatory and antioxidant.
  
  
• Another benefit of celery is that you can eat a lot of it without it affecting your waistline. Celery has almost zero calories.

Uses of Celery

• Grated or raw celery can be used on swollen glands.
  
  
• Eat raw celery to reduce high blood pressure.
  
  
• Drink celery juice before meals if you are trying to lose weight. It helps suppress the appetite.

Tips

• The tastiest celery is the one with light green ribs and a glossy surface.
  
  
• Keep celery away from the coldest sections of your fridge since it freezes easily. You would not want to eat frozen celery, right?

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