The “golden 10” benefits of spinach
Spinach is also known as spinach or spinach. This is one of the vegetables that is very delicious to eat, because of its sweet taste, gentle aroma, not greasy, and especially when ripe, it is very soft.
This type of cabbage is currently grown in many parts of the world, has good cold tolerance, and is suitable for cool temperate climates. With this characteristic, Vietnam grows spinach the most in Da Lat and the northern mountainous provinces.
Spinach’s scientific name is Spanacia Oleracea, belonging to the Amaranth family. It is not only a familiar vegetable in the daily menu, but is also used as a tonic, helping to improve health and help prevent some diseases…
Spinach is considered the most nutritious vegetable on the planet. Therefore, eating spinach regularly is good for your health.
Anti-cancer: Spinach is rich in flavonoids, a compound that has the ability to fight cancer, by slowing the division of cancer cells in the stomach and skin. In addition, spinach has also been shown to help prevent the formation of prostate cancer.
Effective weight loss: You may not know, spinach is low in calories and fat, but rich in nutrients and fiber. These are factors that help support weight loss extremely effectively, while preventing constipation and controlling blood sugar well, according to Stylecraze.com.
Good for eyes: Spinach is rich in antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, which help protect eyes from cataracts and retinal degeneration due to aging. At the same time, spinach also contains a lot of vitamin A, which helps maintain healthy mucous membranes and is necessary for vision.
Very good for bones: Spinach contains a lot of vitamin K, maintaining stable bone health. One cup of boiled spinach provides more than 10 times a person’s daily vitamin K needs. In addition, spinach is a suitable green vegetable to replace dairy products by providing essential calcium, preventing osteoporosis. This food is also a great source of protein for vegetarians, helping to strengthen muscle tissue as well as support collagen development.
Effectively reduce stress: Eating spinach regularly helps reduce high blood pressure that causes kidney disease, heart disease and stroke. Consuming spinach can help control high blood pressure and reduce stress and anxiety. Spinach is rich in zinc and magnesium, which help you sleep better at night and thereby optimize your body’s relaxation.
Good for intestinal health: Adding spinach to daily meals helps improve intestinal health. Beta-carotene and vitamin C found in spinach help protect colon cells from the harmful effects of free radicals (which have the risk of causing cancer).
Good for the brain: This vegetable helps the brain function well and think clearly. Vitamin K found in spinach promotes a healthy nervous system by facilitating the synthesis of sphingolipids, fats that make up the myelin sheath that surrounds nerves.
“Golden” notes when processing spinach
– People with kidney disease or gout should not eat a lot of spinach, because the oxalates and purines in the vegetable can have a negative effect on the disease. – Spinach should be prepared in a short time, avoid loss of nutritional content in ingredients
– This vegetable has soft stems so you should cook it in a short time to avoid losing nutritional content. – Spinach contains a lot of calcium so you should not use it with foods containing zinc or take zinc supplements when eating spinach. Spinach. – Although this vegetable is good, it should not be prepared with seafood, as it will lose the zinc content in the seafood. At the same time, when processing, you should limit the time you use heat to avoid losing the nutrients in vegetables.
Good tips for preparing “medicines” from spinach
1. Prevent anemia, lower blood pressure: 80g spinach, washed, chopped, add ¼ teaspoon salt (or 1/2 teaspoon seasoning powder), 3g chopped onion. Boil 3 cups of water until 1 cup remains. Eat the carcass and drink water twice a day. You can add 50g of goat meat and 3 tablespoons of medium-brown roasted rice cooked with 100g of spinach. In 3 cups of water, boil down to 1.5 cups. Eat 2 times/day. Continuously for 3 – 5 days.
2. Prevent body weakness: 200g vegetables, 30g purple yam, 30g pumpkin, 150g clams or mussels, 100g lotus root. Wash the cabbage, yams, and pumpkin, cut into cubes or puree. Peel the boiled clams, remove the meat, add 1/3 spoon of seasoning powder. Stew washed lotus root in 500ml of water, add pumpkin, yam and clam meat to the remaining 300ml, add 3g of rock sugar. With 150ml remaining, add spinach until cooked. Eat once in the evening before going to bed. Continuously for 10 days.
Preventing high blood pressure: 250g fresh spinach, put in boiling water and soak for 3 minutes, then take out and mix with salt and sesame oil. Eat twice a day. Laxative, laxative: 100g spinach, 100g plain rice. First, cook plain rice into porridge, then add spinach and boil again. People often use this dish to treat hemorrhoids, difficulty defecating, frequent defecation and constipation in the elderly.