Any book on healthy eating talks at length about the best fruits and vegetables for your total wellbeing.
However, many have grown up with bland bitter and boring servings of spinach and other leafy vegetables in the interest of their health and well-being. Which of course has ended up with a huge percentage of the population still saying things like I’d rather eat things I like rather than have to eat too many vegetables!
Thank fully the internet with it’s may food blogs and videos and an expanding number of cooking shows have shown us how to prepare colorful, delicious versions of veggies that used to make us want to run away from the dinner table.
The health benefits of leafy greens are so compelling that a little extra research into how to serve them in the most appealing way is worth the effort!
You may have heard that you’re supposed to consume rainbows of food every day in order to best support your anti-cancer lifestyle.
Fruits are the easy part! Most people actually enjoy eating all sorts of citrus, melons, apples, and berries on a regular basis.
Even carrots or strips of brightly colored properly disguised as a “fun” food rather than a “good for you” one and they are crunchy and the perfect vehicle for a healthy snack such as hummus.
Kale has exploded to the forefront of the most recent health trends, you might be confused about what to do with the other choices available to you beneath the gentle water mists in the produce department.
Spinach isn’t just for dips in a bread bowl, kale isn’t as confusing as you think, and lettuce doesn’t always belong drowned in salad dressing and croutons.
Dark leafy green vegetables are bursting with carotenoids, folate, chlorophyll, and fiber.
These compounds help stop or slow the growth of some forms of cancer.
They are excellent sources of vitamins, minerals, iron, and calcium – dozens of antioxidants that battle and remove free radicals from your body.
The benefits of leafy greens affect your entire body in positive ways!
They are essential to help you stay young, keep your vision healthy, lower bad cholesterol, reduce your risk of heart disease, protect your bones, and lower your personal cancer risk according to a recent study published in the Journal of American Dietetic Association. Colorectal cancer doesn’t stand a chance if you power up your day with plenty of leafy greens.
Women who are pregnant should particularly up their intake of leafy greens and other folate-rich foods to aid in fetal development.
Here are some of the powerful leafy vegetables that can play a significant role in your healthy eating plan!
Kale Red cabbage and curly cabbage,
Arugula, endive, and other delicate lettuces,
Collard, mustard, and beet greens
The bottom line.... let food be your medicine!
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