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WHY IS SPINACH REALLY WORTH EATING?

WHY IS SPINACH REALLY WORTH EATING?

30 Jan
Posted By: Oxana Times Read: 1920

 

“Someone has to stand up and say the answer isn’t another pill. The answer is spinach”.

Bill Maher

Spinach is one of the most popular superfoods in the world. In fact, this beneficial leafy vegetable is a storehouse of great substances and nutrients. Spinach, or Spinacia oleracea, is an annual flowering plant that belongs to the Amaranthaceae family and is native to western and central Asia. It is thought to have appeared in ancient Persia and later was introduced to India and China. Because of its origin, spinach is often called a “Persian Green” in China. The plant is usually about 30 cm long, has alternately arranged and oval or triangular leaves. The largest leaves are usually located at the base and small leaves on the upper half of the stem. The flowers are yellow-green and very small (about 3-4 mm), later they turn into a small, dry, lumpy fruit cluster which contains seeds.

Parts used: leaves.

Healthy Components

  • Vitamins A, B6, C, E, K
  • Folate
  • Niacin
  • Potassium
  • Zinc
  • Magnesium
  • Calcium
  • Manganese
  • Iron
  • Thiamine
  • Riboflavin

Interesting Spinach Facts

  • Supposedly, spinach was Catherine de’ Medici’s favourite vegetable.
  • During the First World War spinach juice was added to wine and given to French soldiers who suffered from blood loss.
  • China is known to be the biggest producer of spinach (about 95 % of the global spinach production).
  • The green pigment obtained from spinach was used by medieval artists in painting.

Methods of Use

Spinach can be used as a food ingredient and in the form of powder, cosmetics, capsules, tablets, tinctures and extracts. 

Green, low-calorie, healthy, nutritional… Spinach is often associated with something beneficial but unsavory, something that we just have to eat. But nowadays there is a great variety of tasty recipes for cooking spinach. So you can both get health benefits and enjoy a wonderful taste of this green vegetable. Hawaii Pharm is happy to share with you a nice recipe for a delicious and beneficial spinach smoothie.

Spinach and Banana Nutritional Smoothie

What you need:

  • 3/4 cup of fresh spinach leaves
  • 1 cup of plain soy milk
  • 1 banana

Add the spinach leaves to the soy milk and mix with a blender until the mixture becomes homogeneous. Then add some slices of banana and continue to blend the mixture until it is totally smooth. Enjoy this tasty and healthy drink!

 

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