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Spinach offers our body wholesome nutrients and thus it is a prime example of a beneficial plant food. Besides its significant medicinal value of healthful nutrients like minerals, protein, folate, beta-carotene, various vitamins, its taste is also delicious.
The human body, in general, needs a variety of nutrients provided by Mother Nature that do not cause harmful or immediate toxicity as found in the ingredients of pesticide and other industrial chemical compounds. Nowadays, most people mistakenly try to obtain their nutrients by swallowing pills and supplements. Actually, the nutrients provide by organically grown plant foods is safer and causes no side effect. Thus, we should look further into these wholesome plant foods to maintain our optimum health.
Warning: Due to spinach containing higher amounts of oxalate as compared to other vegetables; one is strictly prohibited to consume spinach in unusually large amounts on a long-term regular basis. This is because higher amounts of oxalate diets may cause a potential health threat to one’s health.
Spinach is A Rich Source of Iron
While mentioning iron intake, meat will first come to mind for most people. Very few people know that dark-green, leafy vegetables such as spinach are packed with higher iron content. Certainly, spinach provides more iron per calorie than meat. For example, with the same amount of iron, your body needs to consume 2,700 calories iron of fried pork chop in comparison to 100 calories of spinach.
Iron intake from animal sources is not likely to be easily metabolized by our body. The body can’t regulate the iron obtained from animal source efficiently and thus there is a concern of over consumption of iron. Therefore, obtaining iron from wholesome plant foods such as spinach, ABM mushrooms and soy are a healthier and wiser choice.
Spinach Contains Higher Nutritional Value
This dark-green vegetable is commonly served on the table and is also available in many stores around the world. Its green color is not only good for our eyes to look at but also denser in nutrients that provides our body with a wealth of nutrients, such as calcium, magnesium, vitamins A, B6 and B2, iron, folate for maintaining good health. Scientists say that the plant compounds in spinach help enhance immune system and aid the body in disease prevention.
Spinach Boosts Bone Health
As spinach is packed with higher content of vitamin K, it is essential for bone growth as well as for the repair of bone tissues. Hence, spinach helps boost bone health while protecting us from osteoporosis.
Spinach Helps Prevent Eye Disease
Spinach contains an antioxidant called lutein which helps to keep our eyes healthy. Lutein has been documented to help improve vision and immunity and even prevent macular degeneration and cataracts.
Spinach Helps Lower Blood Pressure
Besides iron, spinach is also a great source of magnesium which helps reduce elevated blood pressure by relaxing the muscles that control blood pressure. This in turns allow blood to flow more freely.
Since spinach contains the substances of inositol and choline, they help avoid thickening and hardening of arteries, medically termed as atherosclerosis.
Spinach Helps to Protect your Heart
Spinach is rich in folate which can help to convert potentially dangerous homocysteine (a protein that damages arteries) into a harmless substance. It is reported that too much of homocysteine accumulated in our body may increase the risk of heart disease or even stroke.
Spinach Helps Prevent Various Types of Cancers
The fiber, folic acid, magnesium, vitamins A and C and other essential nutrients found in Spinach helps prevent cancers of breast, colon, prostate and lung. The flavonoid in spinach also helps fight against cancer.
Spinach is a Better Food Therapy for Many Diseases
Spinach is an ideal food therapy for diseases including insomnia, nerve exhaustion, bronchitis, chronic indigestion (also called Dyspepsia), osteoporosis, obesity, inflammation of nerves (also called Neuritis), tumors, constipation, high blood pressure, anemia besides relieving illnesses related to liver, bladder and kidneys as well.
Final remark:
Spinach is an inexpensive vegetable, why not you nourish your body with the nutritional value of wholesome plant foods?
Great article; good for your health and especially for the iron. That is why Popeye eated always spinach and he became so strong.
Chan, I love learning from you. Thanks so much for the information on spinach.
Good healthy tips here on spinach.
we like spinach
I now believe in Popeye. :)
So many benefits but they say spinach doesn't taste good. But its worth eating it, I guess. Thanks kabayan :)
A great information about the benefits of this vegetable, Chan.
Spinach is very healthy, Chan. Thank you for this informative article.
Did not realize spinach had so many health properties!