SPINACH
May 10th, 2012 → 1:05 am @ Shanti
“Vitamins and minerals in fresh food”.
SPINACH
Spinach is another one of those wonderful vegetables, that are full of goodies. Spinach is not Silverbeet (or Swiss chard), often called spinach by some people. The spinach is a smaller leaf an
d smoother in form, where the silverbeet leaf is large and sort of crinkly and very crispy. Spinach is very nutritious and full of all the right constituents especially iron. It is low in calories and is a good fibre and anti-oxidants supplier.
Again I want to mention that in preparing spinach, it only needs a very few seconds to heat, as otherwise we destroy a lot of the goodness, so only add spinach to stir-fries for a few seconds at the last moment. If eaten as a vegetable on your dinner plate, just steam spinach for a few seconds and break it with the side of a small plate into a lightly mashed pulp. You can of course eat spinach raw in a salad as well and that would be the way to go for full nutritional value.
Vitamins: K massive amounts about 400% of your daily needs per 100 grams. A, B9, C, B6, B2, E, B1, B3 all very high and some B5. WOW!
Minerals: All very high as well, especially Iron and Manganese.
We have to learn to eat these health giving foods a lot more, as some people still only eat the common vegetables like carrots, potatoes and peas or beans. Try all these ones I have written about, as you will be so much healthier.
