11 Top Benefits Of Broccoli ‘B’ is for Broccoli and for blissful health. This popular vegetable has a wide variety of nutritional and medicinal benefits, including its ability to prevent many types of cancer , improve our digestive system, lower cholesterol, detoxify the body, maximize vitamin and mineral uptake, prevent allergic reactions, boost the immune system, protect the skin , prevent birth defects, lower blood pressure, eliminate inflammation, and improve vision and ocular health. This green vegetable, which occasionally has some purple tinges, is a close relative of cabbage and cauliflower , and belongs to the Italica Cultivar group of Brassicaceae family. The most commonly eaten parts of broccoli are the flowering heads, which are shaped like a tree, coming off a thick, central, edible stalk.There are three main varieties which are popular in different parts of the world. Calabrese broccoli is the m...