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Dr. Matthew Cook is a former anesthesiologist who became a regenerative medicine specialist and founder of BioReset Medical¹ in Campbell, California. In this interview, we discuss several novel therapies offered there, which can be next to impossible to find elsewhere.

“I went to medical school and did an anesthesiology residency at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) … I was doing regional anesthesia, so I was basically doing nerve blocks all day, every day …

After that … I figured out how to do almost every surgery, from total knee replacement to shoulder surgery, without having to do general anesthesia. I sort of evolved into finding out that I could fix a lot of those problems either by treating nerves or treating ligaments, tendons, fascia and joints. I started the regenerative medicine practice.

As part of my journey of doing that, I found that NAD [nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide] was one of the most powerful tools in terms of resetting human biological systems. I started incorporating, putting it into different protocols,” Cook says.

The Importance of NAD for Optimal Health

NAD+ is a vital coenzyme found in all living cells. It’s essential for over 700 enzymatic reactions in your body, including ones occurring in your mitochondria. Without sufficient NAD, you’re likely to age and die prematurely.

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate hydrogen (NADPH) is the reduced, phosphorylated form of NADP+. NADPH is a reducing agent necessary for anabolic reactions, including lipid and nucleic acid synthesis. 

For example, without sufficient amounts of NADPH, your body cannot recharge glutathione once it becomes oxidized. The reason I’m so intrigued with Cook’s work is because very few clinicians understand the importance of NAD, let alone apply it clinically. One exception is in the treatment of alcohol addiction. Cook explains:

“People have been using NAD or its precursors, for example niacin, in addiction since the ’60s … Early on in Alcoholics Anonymous, niacin was an important component of the protocol … Of the 700 enzymes that NAD catalyzes, one of them is alcohol dehydrogenase.

Every time an alcohol molecule is broken down, two NAD+ molecules are consumed … Daily continuous long-term exposure to [alcohol] ends up leading to a very extensive depletion in the NAD levels. Our NAD levels probably drop by 90% from age 1 to age 90.

We can do a lot to either prevent that or accelerate that in the case of addiction. I started my experience by treating people with addiction and had fairly profound results in terms of repleting people’s total body source, by giving people a 10-day intravenous (IV) experience.”

Aside from niacin, two other more commonly used precursors to NAD are nicotinamide riboside (NR) or nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN). While these will help, they’re not excellent.

Cook, on the other hand, uses the actual NAD+ molecule, administered either through IV, subcutaneously, transdermally or submucosally — either sublingually or transrectally. This, I believe, is the leading edge and a strategy that can go a long way to restoring health, and not just for those struggling with alcohol addiction.

Clinical Uses of NAD

As noted by Cook, NAD is involved in some 700 enzymatic reactions, so listing them all is not possible here. Importantly, though, it can activate enzyme systems, DNA repair, and sirtuins (so-called “longevity proteins”) that are crucial to multiple enzymatic pathways within the mitochondria, where your cellular energy is generated.

“As a simple example, there are mitochondria in nerves. One thing I found is that people who have nerve pain, people who have neuropathic pain, if I give them NAD — and I’ve used every single one of the routes just mentioned — nerve pain will go down,” Cook says.

“It turns out if I give NAD surrounding a stem cell therapy or any regenerative medicine therapy, the therapy seems to work better … NAD seems to help turn the immune system on and get it functioning [properly]. It helps people start to detox and get their detox pathways going …  

I’ve noticed it improves cognitive function. It helps people recover from traumatic brain injury, from concussions. I think it’s very, very profound in terms of what happens, in terms of the central and peripheral nervous system.

I’ve spent a lot of time treating patients with myriad conditions, from Parkinson’s and dementia to peripheral neuropathy. I’ve seen improvements in all of those areas.

My approach to almost all of those problems is very multifactorial and multimodal. NAD is one of the tools that I use. I find it to be very helpful … In biological systems, there are messengers that turn on other components of a system that modulate that system.

Our goal is to do something that modulates either up or modulates down, depending on the situation we’re facing. That modulation creates harmony and equilibrium, and then that resets us.”

A common side effect of rapid NAD IV infusion is a flush-like experience similar to that of niacin. This flushing effect is likely an effect of methyl depletion, and can be circumvented by taking a methyl donor such as glycine or trimethylglycine.

Strategies That Increase NAD

Aside from using a precursor such as niacin, NR or NMN, other ways to increase NAD include exercise and fasting or time restricted eating.

It bears mentioning, however, that unless you’re attending to the basics of health — optimizing your sleep, limiting EMF exposure, exercising, intermittently fasting and avoiding food for at least three hours before bed — then simply adding NAD or NAD precursors may be a waste of time. It’s not a magic molecule that’s going to cure all your ills if you are violating basic health tenets.

Benefits of Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

One crucial consumer of NAD is PARP, or poly-ADP ribose polymerase (its name was recently changes to ARDT). Whereas alcohol dehydrogenase takes out two NAD molecules, PARP takes about 150 each time it repairs a single- or double-stranded DNA break. Electromagnetic fields (EMFs) tend to overactivate PARP due to the DNA damage incurred.

Naturally there are many other sources of oxidative stress as well, and regardless of the cause, PARP will help repair it, but it needs NAD as a sirtuin protein.

Other nutrients you can use would be molecular hydrogen and hyperbaric oxygen. To me, hyperbaric oxygen and NAD are the two vital tools that can help optimize longevity, laid on the foundation of everything else we know about staying healthy.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy or HBOT involves increasing the atmospheric pressure in the hyperbaric chamber while you’re breathing a high concentration of oxygen. This increases the oxygen partial pressure in your body, beginning in your lungs, followed by your blood vessels and eventually your brain. In other words, you’re increasing the amount of oxygen tension in your brain.

“One of the expressions a lot of hyperbaric people will say is, ‘Oxygen heals.’ I definitely think that’s true,” Cook says. “About once a week, I’ll do a subcutaneous NAD. This morning, I took some vitamins, a subcutaneous NAD, and then I got in the hyperbaric chamber for 20 minutes. I can’t imagine feeling better than I feel right now.”

In the interview, Cook also shares a story about how hyperbaric oxygen therapy and NAD administration the week before a major surgery radically cut the patient’s recovery time — and eliminated her need for pain medication altogether.

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is approved for 17 clinical conditions (although insurance will only cover a few of them). Just imagine the benefits were more people given access to this before going under the knife for complicated surgeries. It could actually result in significant cost savings.

Hyperbaric oxygen also appears to have significant antiaging benefits, likely because it’s a potent anti-inflammatory that removes senescent cells and increases stem cell activation.

It can also help improve cognitive function, and improves oxygen and nutrient supplies in your body. Oxygen is used in mitochondria. If you don’t have enough oxygen, you can’t optimize your energy production, so that’s an important variable for health and longevity.

BioReset Training for Clinicians

While Cook’s treatments are hard to come by elsewhere, he is training other clinicians, trying to spread this information. For more information, see BioResetNetwork.com. There, you will find a full video NAD certification course.

“I go over the science and a lot of what we’re talking about [here],” Cook says. “I go over everything I found to make it work better with fewer side effects, which I think is important. I go over our protocols of how we give it in combination with other things. I often give [NAD] with ketamine.”

On Ketamine

Ketamine is a drug that turns off one of the depression pathways in the brain and makes you feel safe. For that reason, it is sometimes used in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Cook explains:

“One of the many things that our protocol for PTSD [includes] is an infusion of intravenous ketamine, which we would give after an NAD infusion … It’s a mild psychedelic. It gives them an ability to see that they’re going to be OK.

It’s one of the most profound things that I do … The woman I saw this morning was a victim of terrible sexual abuse. For the last 40 years, she hasn’t been able to lie down in bed on her back because she thinks, at all times, that someone’s going to attack her.

She told me that for the last two months, she lies on her back and she feels totally safe and she hasn’t thought about [the abuse]. She told me to mention it to you.

That’s sort of emblematic of the type of things that we’re seeing. That, along with … NAD is part of a reset that’s temporary. We’re resetting the biological system, and then supporting the natural function afterward.”

Hydrodissection for Pain Relief

Another interesting treatment Cook offers is hydrodissection, a technical skill that his training as an anesthesiologist allows him to do well. During his residency as UCSF, he started using ultrasound to locate nerves, allowing for more precise delivery compared to simply looking at anatomy — an idea raised by his colleague, Dr. Andrew Gray.

Eventually, Cook realized he could inject other things besides a local anesthetic, such as 5% dextrose, placental matrix, stem cells, platelet-rich plasma and fat.

“Once I found that out, within about three months, I had a full-time practice and wasn’t doing anesthesia anymore … It seems to fix peripheral nerve pain. Sometimes it fixes nerve pain from an inflammatory perspective. Sometimes it fixes nerve pain that’s just from impingement.

For example, with carpal tunnel, we stick a needle in and we put fluid around the medial nerve. That’s probably going to, depending on what you put around that nerve, be scientifically proven to be much more effective than carpal tunnel surgery.

We treat every nerve from head to toe, in multiple different locations with multiple different solutions, to turn inflammation off, to relieve entrapment and to reset that biological system.”

Alternative Back Pain Treatments

One of the most common problems that people see their physician for is low back pain. In these cases, Cook will often do a caudal epidural, injecting a chosen substance into the epidural space to surround all the nerves. He explains:

“The spinal cord comes down and spreads into a whole bunch of nerves in the lumbar area. The anatomical name for it is cauda equina, because all of those nerves look like a horse’s tail.

We’re actually doing a hydrodissection in the epidural space. That seems to have a fairly profound effect of resetting the actual nerves coming off the end of a spinal cord. We also do hydrodissection of fascial planes in the back that can be quite profoundly helpful at resetting back pain …

I figure out which nerves are entrapped, which nerves are in pain, and then which muscle groups are involved. Then I either do hydrodissection or I use ultrasound- or fluoroscopy-guided approaches to put something regenerative there.”

Addressing Herniations and Compressed Discs

In cases where a disc is herniated or the compressed disc is putting physical pressure on a nerve, Cook recommends first addressing the posterior ligamentous complex, which includes the iliolumbar ligaments, sacroiliac ligaments, SI joints and facets. About half the time, this will allow a frontal disc herniation to slide back into place.

“A lot of some of the top people who were doing intradiscal therapies will now do posterior approaches first, because it’s very low-risk and very much easier to do,” he says. “A lot of times, I’ll do that to get started. However, if there is a disc herniation, we will use fluoroscopy, which is X-ray, and stick a needle into the disc.

I’ll either put exosomes, PRP or bone marrow into the disc to try to stabilize it. In some cases, we’ll actually put those products in the disc above and below, depending on what’s happening. Often, I’ll also try to treat the nerves around there.

There are nerves in front of the discs, actually, that control your fight or flight nervous system, called the sympathetic chain … We’ll look at see if there are muscle groups that are not working well and start to turn them on by turning on the nerves that go to them.

And then, [we put] something good both around the facet joints and in the deep spinal muscles called the multifidus, which are responsible for most of your proprioception — which is where you are in space. Parallel to that, I’m trying to get a sense of, ‘What else is going on? Can I give hyperbaric oxygen to make the treatment work better? Can I give NAD?’ A lot of times that will help …

A lot of times, if people would have had bad chronic pain, we’ll give ketamine. Ketamine will sort of reset pain and that will start to change the experience. A lot of times they’re on high-dose pain meds, so we’ll use NAD to get them off the pain meds …

I can’t tell you how many people I have who were told they absolutely had to have a [spinal] fusion, and they’re walking around with no pain … Now, this is experimental. It’s new …

Probably the best teacher of this on the planet is my mentor for ultrasound, Dr. Tom Clark. He teaches physicians at a site called MSKUS.com. We teach there and we also teach in my office these approaches on how to do it, and then how to put it all together …

I like to say I spent the first half of my life putting people to sleep and having them undergo surgery. Now I’m spending the rest of my life waking them up and preventing surgery.”

Sample Case History

Cook shares a particularly fascinating success story of a man who’d heard him speak about nerve hydrodissection on Ben Greenfield’s podcast. He was a quadriplegic from a rollover motor vehicular accident. “He was in total spasticity all the time,” Cook says.

Cook performed a hydrodissection, placing exosomes around all major nerves in the man’s arms, legs and epidural space. Afterward, he was able to begin moving his legs — something he’d not been able to do since his accident, three years earlier.

“He started to get this control. Then he went from being able to stand in a locked-out position with the help of two strong people, to being able to do 20 or 30 squats. That was a pretty interesting experience. All of his neuropathic pain went away,” Cook says.

“My next treatment that I’m going to do for him will be with placental matrix because the placental matrix actually is a scaffold that stays around the nerve within the sheath.”

While results have been encouraging, Cook stresses they were not permanent, which indicates the need for further treatments.  

More Information

These really are exciting times. Case stories like that testify to the fact that your body has incredible ability to self-repair and regenerate, given the proper aid. Fortunately, we’re now seeing more doctors like Cook who are operating well outside the conventional box and making new discoveries.

“[Health is about] getting your lifestyle right and then finding appropriate biological tweaks that allow you to heal the DNA breaks, activate the right enzymatic sequences and cascades, so that that system just functions naturally,” Cook says, essentially summarizing what he does at BioReset Medical.

Again, if you’re a clinician and would like to incorporate some of these techniques in your practice, sign up for Cook’s educational courses on BioReset Network. “Soon, there’s going to be an army of people out there, all over the world, doing this type of stuff. It’s going to be a relatively normal standard of care type of approach,” Cook says.

In the meantime, prospective patients can contact Cook via BioResetMedical.com. Simply scroll down the page and fill out the contact form to speak to a team specialist about your case, or call the phone number listed at the top.

If you’re not on the West Coast and can’t travel, contact Cook’s office for a referral to a certified clinician in your local area. The website will eventually include a listing of trained physicians.

The humble cabbage is an economically important plant with European origins. While eaten all over the world, it has a reputation of being boring because it’s often used as a simple side dish for gatherings such as backyard barbecues. However, ignore it and you’ll miss out on its culinary potential and health benefits.

Different Ways of Cooking Cabbage

Before learning how to cook cabbage, it’s important to first prepare cabbage properly, and that starts from choosing the best cabbage possible. The Spruce Eats recommends that you “look for heads with plenty of outer leaves, and check the bottom to make sure the leaves are not pulling away from the stem.”

Inspect the leaves to make sure they are fresh and have minimal wilting, and look for those that have tight groupings. Here’s another useful tip: If you’re at a farmers market, ask the producer when the cabbage was harvested — cabbages are sweeter after a frost.

The next step in cooking cabbage is to prepare it. Better Homes & Gardens has outlined easy-to-follow steps on how to ready the vegetable before cooking:

• Remove the loose outer leaves and rinse the head with water.
• Slice the head in half, then slice further into quarters.
• Remove the core from the wedges.
• If you want to coarsely chop a wedge, simply slice a wedge perpendicular to the knife and cut into one-fourth-inch pieces.

Now that you know how to prepare cabbage, it’s time for you to cook it. But the question is, what is the best way? The answer depends on what you want, as there are several ways to cook cabbage. These ideas adapted from EatingWell magazine provide several methods you can try at home:

How to Cook Cabbage on the Stove

Braised Cabbage

• Heat coconut oil in a large pot on medium heat.
• Add quartered cabbage (with the core taken out), stirring occasionally for five minutes until the leaves wilt.
• Add organic chicken or vegetable broth into the pot, with a dash of salt, pepper and bay leaves. Bring to a simmer, cover the pot and lower heat until cabbage becomes tender.
• Add a splash of apple cider vinegar and increase temperature to medium high. Continue to cook until most of the liquid evaporates.

Steamed Cabbage

• Place a steamer inside a large pot, then add enough water to fill the bottom of the pan. The water level must not reach the steamer basket.
• Let the water boil, then add cabbage slices to the steamer. Cover the pot until the cabbage is cooked thoroughly, around 10 to 12 minutes.

Sautéed Cabbage

• In a pan, heat coconut oil over high heat.
• Add chopped cabbage, stirring occasionally for seven to 10 minutes until the leaves wilt.
• Season the cabbage with salt and pepper, then add fennel seeds (optional).

Boiled Cabbage

• Fill a large pot with water until it reaches a height of half an inch. Slightly salt the water.
• Bring the water to a boil and add cabbage slices. Cover and simmer for 15 to 20 minutes. Turn the slices once.
• Remove the water and continue to boil until the remaining liquid evaporates. Add organic grass fed butter and toss the vegetables.

How to Cook Cabbage in the Oven

Roasted Cabbage

• Heat the oven to 245 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Cut the cabbage into wedges and toss in coconut oil. Place the wedges in a single layer on a baking sheet, then season with salt and pepper, plus caraway seeds (optional).
• Roast the cabbage until tender, around 25 to 35 minutes. Flip once halfway through cooking.

Cooking Different Types of Cabbage

If you don’t cook with cabbage often, the green variety is probably the one you’re most familiar with. However, there are actually other varieties available, leading to different characteristics that you can take advantage of, depending on what you’re cooking. The Spruce Eats outlines the four most commonly used cabbages:

• Green cabbage — The most common cabbage variety, it resembles iceberg lettuce. It has a peppery taste when eaten raw, but becomes sweeter when cooked.
• Red or purple cabbage — This variety is practically the same as green cabbage, as it may be interchanged in recipes without changes in flavor. The only difference is that your food will take on a redder appearance. Furthermore, if you cook red cabbage with an alkaline substance (such as tap water), it will turn blue because of the anthocyanin in the leaves. It’s recommended you add acidic agents, such as lemon juice, if you want to maintain the red look.
• Savoy cabbage — It looks similar to green cabbage, but has wrinkled leaves and is considered to be the most tender and sweetest cabbage variety.
• Napa cabbage — It has a milder flavor, with sweetness and frilly leaves.

Now that you know the cabbage varieties, which one goes best with what dish? The Michelin Guide provides useful insight on the best dishes to cook for each cabbage:

• Green cabbage — Best prepared shredded to make great coleslaw or sauerkraut. Also works well in soups.
• Napa cabbage — Heavily used in East Asian cuisine, this cabbage is used to make kimchi.
• Savoy cabbage — Works great as a wrap for ingredients such as meat, or braised for a different flavor.
• Red cabbage — Best used on salads or coleslaw, as well as sauerkraut.

Ways to Cook Cabbage

The versatility of cabbage lies in the many ways you can cook it. You can enjoy it on its own or as part of a main dish. The only limit is your creativity. Here are some easy recipes to help you get started:

Boiled Cabbage: Simple Boiled Cabbage Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 medium head cabbage
• 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt
• 3 to 4 tablespoons melted organic grass fed butter
• Black pepper to taste

Procedure:

• Rinse the cabbage and cut into six wedges.
• Pour filtered water onto a pot until it is one-half inch deep. Add the cabbage slices and salt, and simmer. Cover the pot for eight to 10 minutes.
• Turn the cabbage and simmer for another eight minutes until tender. Discard the water, and simmer until the remaining liquid evaporates.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper and serve.

(Recipe adapted from The Spruce Eats )

Fried Cabbage: Lemon Garlic Sautéed Cabbage Recipe

Ingredients:

• 10 cups shredded cabbage
• 1 1/2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• Red pepper flakes, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt
• Half of a lemon, cut into wedges

Procedure:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add all ingredients (except the lemon), stirring occasionally until the cabbage becomes tender, around 10 to 15 minutes.
• Squeeze two lemon wedges over the cabbage. Adjust seasoning as needed and add more lemon to taste.
• Serve and enjoy.

(Recipe adapted from Inspired Taste )

Steamed Cabbage: Simple Steamed Cabbage Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1/4 small cabbage, cut into slices
• 2 tablespoons raw, grass fed butter
• Salt to taste

Procedure:

• Fill a large pot with water and place a steam basket on top of it. The water must not touch the basket.
• Boil the water and add the cabbage slices to the steam basket.
• Cover the basket and cook until the vegetable becomes tender, around five to eight minutes.
• Place cabbage in a container, add butter and salt, and serve.

(Recipe adapted from The Spruce Eats )

Roasted Cabbage: Easy Roasted Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 medium head cabbage, cut into 6 to 8 wedges
• Coconut oil for drizzling
• Salt and ground black pepper

Procedure:

• Heat the oven to 500 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Place the cabbage wedges on a baking sheet in a single layer. Drizzle with oil and seasoning on one side, then repeat the process on the other side.
• Roast the cabbage until lightly browned, which is about 10 minutes. Flip wedges and continue cooking for another 10 minutes.

(Recipe adapted from Serious Eats )

Sautéed Cabbage: Quick Sautéed Cabbage Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 small head white cabbage
• 2 tablespoons raw grass fed butter
• 1 1/2 teaspoon Himalayan salt
• 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Procedure:

• Cut cabbage in half and slice as thinly as possible around the core. Discard the core.
• In a large pan, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Add cabbage, salt and pepper and sauté for 10 to 15 minutes until the cabbage begins to brown.
• Add more seasoning to your liking and serve.

(Recipe adapted from Food Network )

Grilled Cabbage: Grilled Cabbage Steaks

Ingredients:

• 1 large cabbage head, cut into 1/2-inch thick rounds
• Coconut oil, for brushing
• Himalayan salt and freshly ground pepper
• Crushed red pepper flakes
• Chopped organic bacon (already cooked), for serving
• Crumbled blue cheese made from grass fed milk
• Chopped green onions
• Homemade ranch dressing

Procedure:

• Create a medium-high heat for the grill.
• Brush the cabbage steaks on both sides with oil, then season with salt, pepper and the red pepper flakes. Grill for five minutes on each side.
• Top with the bacon, cheese and green onions. Drizzle with the homemade ranch dressing.

(Recipe adapted form Delish )

Cabbage Stir-Fry: Quick Stir-Fry Cabbage Recipe

Ingredients:

• 2 teaspoons coconut oil
• 1 small onion, sliced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon ginger, minced
• 1 head napa cabbage, sliced
• 2 tablespoons organic soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon organic apple cider vinegar
• 2 teaspoons organic sesame oil, for drizzling

Procedure:

• Heat the oil in a large pan over medium-high temperature.
• Add the onion, garlic, ginger and sauté for a minute.
• Add cabbage and cook until leaves begin to wilt, about two minutes.
• Add the soy sauce and vinegar, stirring for three minutes.
• Remove from heat and drizzle sesame oil.

(Recipe adapted from Food Network )

Cabbage Recipes: Cabbage Soup

Making your own cabbage soup is one of the best ways to introduce yourself to this wonderful vegetable. Aside from being tasty in its own right, it’s the best meal to warm up a cold winter day. To make the most out of this dish, you will need a slow cooker.

Crock Pot Cabbage Soup

Cook Time: 4 hours Serving Size: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 to 3 free-range organic chicken breasts
•  2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 2 celery stalks, chopped
•  3/4 cup carrots, chopped
•  1/2 cup zucchini, peeled, deseeded and chopped
•  3 garlic cloves, minced
•  1 small yellow onion, diced
• 1 teaspoon dried basil
•  1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
•  4 cups chicken broth
•  1/2 head of cabbage, chopped

Procedure

• Coat slow cooker with coconut oil, then add chicken.

2. Add chopped celery, carrots, zucchini, garlic and onion. Next, add basil, oregano, salt, pepper and broth.
3. Cook soup on high for approximately two hours and then remove bones from chicken and add chicken back to the pot. Add the chopped cabbage.
4. Cook soup on high for an additional two hours before removing from the slow cooker. Enjoy!

(Recipe adapted from Paleohacks )

Cabbage Health Information

Cabbage belongs to the cruciferous family of vegetables, which include broccoli, cauliflower, collard greens, kale and Brussels sprouts. Cruciferous vegetables are known for their bitter taste due to their sulfuric compounds, but this very feature makes them unique from a nutrition perspective. You may refer to the table below to give you an overview of the vegetable’s offerings:

Cabbage Nutrition Facts Serving Size: 3.5 ounces (100 grams), green, raw
	Amt. Per Serving	% Daily Value*
Calories	25
Calories from Fat	0.7
Total Fat	0 g	0%
Saturated Fat	0 g	0 g
Trans Fat
Cholesterol	0 mg	0%
Sodium	18 mg	1%
Total Carbohydrates	5.8 g	2%
Dietary Fiber	2.5 g	9%
Sugar	3.2 g
Protein	1.28 g
Vitamin A  98 IU	Vitamin C	36.6 mg
Calcium  40 mg	Iron	0.47 mg

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000-calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs. Source: USDA

Health Benefits of Cabbage

Research has shown that cruciferous vegetables contain sulforaphane, a compound that has anti-inflammatory properties, chemoprotective compounds and osteoporosis-fighting abilities. A 100-gram serving of cabbage contains 2.5 grams of dietary fiber, which may benefit your health in profound ways, such as:

• Reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease — Higher intake of dietary fiber may significantly reduce the risk of death from cardiovascular disease, according to a meta-analysis published in 2017.
• Lowering the risk of colon cancer — A 2017 study published in Metabolism noted that dietary fiber may help lower your risk for colon cancer.
• Managing Type 2 diabetes — Those affected with Type 2 diabetes may fare better when dietary fiber intake is increased, as it may help decrease glucose absorption into the bloodstream.

To learn more about cabbage, I recommend reading the article “What Is Cabbage Good For?”

Go Crazy With Cabbage

At first, cabbage may seem like an ordinary, boring vegetable. But as it turns out, all you need is some creativity and it can easily become one of your favorite ingredients to cook with. The sulforaphane and dietary fiber are great bonuses to your health as well.

Frequently Asked Questions About Cabbage

Q: Is cabbage good for you?

A: Cabbage is a healthy vegetable that you should add to your diet. Research shows that cabbage contains sulforaphane, which is a compound found in cruciferous vegetables. This veggie family contains antioxidant properties that may benefit your health in several ways.

Q: Can you freeze cabbage?

A: Yes, you can freeze cabbage, but it needs to be sliced up, blanched and cooled in ice water first. From there, you can enjoy the vegetable all year long.

Q: Is cabbage keto?

A: According to Perfect Keto, cabbage is a low-carb veggie that may fit in a ketogenic diet plan without affecting ketosis.

Q: Is cabbage a low-carb veggie?

A: The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) notes that a 100-gram serving of cabbage contains only 5.8 grams of carbs, making it a low-carb food.