| Spinach Nutrition | | | | cardiovascular health, the healthy effects of spinach |
| Everyone has heard good things about spinach | | | | are promising due to its free radical fighting |
| nutrition, but not many people know about the specific | | | | antioxidants. |
| healthy properties of spinach. | | | | More and more, a substance called homocysteine is |
| | | | believed to be just as an important marker of heart |
| In fact, when compared calorie for calorie to other | | | | disease and high levels are also associated with |
| vegetables, nothing is as nutrient dense as spinach. | | | | elevated risks of stroke. However, one of the |
| Those who prize good health, therefore, should make | | | | components of spinach nutrition is folate. Folate can |
| sure to include spinach regularly in their diet. | | | | help neutralize harmful homocysteine. |
| Healthy Effects of Spinach | | | | Do you suffer from arthritis? You'll be glad to know |
| Spinach nutrition isn't just about the vitamins and | | | | that one of the healthy properties of spinach is that it |
| minerals found within its leafy, green exterior. To be | | | | harbors anti-inflammatory nutrients. |
| sure, it is loaded with such antioxidants as Vitamins A, | | | | Are you worried about macular degeneration and |
| C, E, K, B1, B6, minerals like potassium, calcium, zinc, and | | | | other common eye diseases people get as they age? |
| so much more. | | | | Spinach has lutein, which is a nutrient that has been |
| But, more than this, the major healthy properties of | | | | extensively shown in Government studies to protect |
| spinach are attributed to special substances it contains. | | | | against not only macular degeneration but also |
| For example, research has shown that spinach is | | | | cataracts. |
| packed with over a dozen phytonutrients. | | | | Spinach has a long history of providing good nutrition. |
| These phytonutrients are potent substances that have | | | | History books reveal that it was consumed in China in |
| properties that can fight cancer. In fact, extracts of | | | | the 7th century and, later, in Europe by royalty. |
| spinach used by researchers have reduced the | | | | Preparing Spinach |
| occurrence of skin cancers on tested animals and | | | | To get optimal spinach nutrition, you should thoroughly |
| lessened cell division in stomach cancer cells. | | | | wash it and eat it raw. It works well in salads. Many |
| The incidence of breast cancer may also be cut with | | | | dishes are prepared on a bed of spinach. In culinary |
| the consumption of spinach by women. For men, | | | | terms, this is referred to as "a la Florentine." |
| prostate cancer risk may be slashed because of a | | | | If you cook it, try to cook it lightly to preserve most of |
| carotenoid substance spinach contains called | | | | its beneficial spinach nutrition. |
| neoxanthin. | | | | If you don't like the way it tastes, or can't seem to find |
| Women who are worried about osteoporosis should | | | | enough time in your busy schedule to consistently eat |
| consume spinach because it is a rich source of | | | | spinach, you may want to do what I do and take it in |
| calcium and vitamin K. | | | | capsule form in a whole food supplement. |
| For the millions of people who are concerned about | | | | |