A staple of St. Patrick’s Day dinner festivities, cabbage packs a punch of wonderful benefits! Loading up on cabbage will provide you with many important nutrients. A half cup of cooked cabbage has only 17 calories and less than one gram of fat. That same serving of cabbage supplies one gram of fiber and 147 mg of potassium. Cabbage also contains calcium, magnesium, vitamin A and vitamin K.
Cabbage is also rich in iodine and helps the brain and the nervous system function. It has been linked to treatment of neurotic disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.