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Healthy life For this reason, spinach should be very often on our menu
Although spinach contains less iron than is often thought, the green vegetables are still extremely healthy. It contains many important nutrients, can help you lose weight and prevent diseases. The superfood can be used to prepare many delicious dishes.
Healthy as exotic superfood
"Bah, spinach": This is how some children react to the vegetables. Others love the green leaves. According to experts, spinach is just as healthy as exotic superfood, as are several other local vegetables. The delicious leaves are full of important mineral and phytochemicals. In addition, the vegetables are extremely low in calories. However, the iron content of the green wonder is significantly lower than is often assumed.
Although spinach contains less iron than is sometimes believed, the green vegetables are a true superfood. The leaves contain important nutrients, prevent diseases and help with weight loss. (Image: SirChopin / fotolia.com) Less iron than expected
That spinach contains a lot of iron, is probably one of the most common nutritional errors. This is probably due to a simple printing or transmission error from old nutrition tables.
It used to be written that 100 grams of spinach contains 35-40 milligrams of iron. However, it is only about 3.5 to 4 milligrams. According to experts, this is not enough for muscles à la Popeye, yet spinach is one of the foods for a natural muscle growth.
Because of the nitrates contained in the leafy green vegetables.
For example, Swedish researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm reported on a study on mice, which showed that spinach promotes muscle growth.
Years ago, a human study had shown that spinach strengthens muscles.
Beware of vitamin K amount
Spinach can do more. The vegetables have a high content of minerals such as calcium and potassium, which are important for muscles and nerves. In addition, the leaves have a high content of vitamin C..
Also, various B vitamins such as folic acid are included in the spinach. Just like provitamin A and vitamin K.
Because of the latter, caution is advised in people who take blood thinners such as Marcurmar, because vitamin K promotes blood clotting and thus counteract the drugs.
For larger amounts, therefore, the dosage of the drugs would be adjusted in advance to avoid possible life-threatening complications. This applies to all blood thinners based on so-called phenprocoumones.
Spinach helps with weight loss
Spinach consists of over 90 percent water and is therefore very low in calories. In an earlier study Swedish researchers found that the vegetables can reduce food cravings and help with weight loss.
A spinach-rich diet therefore lowers the cholesterol level.
These effects, as well as the presence of important phytochemicals, can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes.
Not just spinach with egg
Spinach is not only extremely healthy, it also tastes delicious. Especially popular in this country is the classic creamed spinach with fried egg. But with the green spring vegetables can also conjure up many other dishes.
Among other things, spinach recipes can be found on the internet. The vegetables can be processed for example in delicious smoothies, quiches and pesto.
Since spinach can also absorb many pollutants from the cultivation soil, experts generally recommend using organic spinach to minimize this risk. (Ad)