Spinach has many health-promoting and even healing properties, making it one of the healthiest vegetables. Eating spinach leaves protects, inter alia, against atherosclerosis and against the development of cancer.
Spinach it contains many valuable nutrients – vitamins and mineral salts, as well as beta-carotene and lutein, which are powerful antioxidants. Leaves spinach they are especially rich in vitamin C, iron, potassium, magnesium and folic acid. Nutritional properties and value spinach was already known in ancient Persia, which is why this vegetable was called “Persian herb”. In the XNUMXth century spinach It was brought to today’s Spain and from there it traveled to other European countries. For a time it was known as “Spanish vegetable” and then “Florentine dish”.
Properties and healing effects of spinach
Thanks to the antioxidants contained in the leaves spinach this vegetable is recommended as a good protection against cancer and atherosclerosis. Spinach you can eat it raw or cooked – it does not lose many of its valuable properties when served hot.
As in spinach there is a lot of magnesium, eating it is recommended for stressed and nervous people. Magnesium helps to regain the nervous balance and alleviates the effects of stress, it also reduces the susceptibility to stress. It has sedative properties and prevents headaches (including migraine headaches).
Food spinach It is also recommended for children and pregnant women and people suffering from anemia. Spinach it is a rich source of iron and folate – when it comes to iron, then spinach it has the same amount as beef. However, it should be remembered that iron of animal origin is much more digestible. That spinach we will only absorb 1/5 of the iron compared to the amount obtained from beef.
Spinach it also contains vitamins A, E, B6 and K. Vitamin K plays an important role in blood clotting processes, B vitamins lower “bad” cholesterol, and vitamins A and E slow down the aging process of the body.
Spinach eaten during pregnancy has a positive effect on the development of the nervous system of the fetus. Food spinach also protects against cardiovascular diseases.
If you do not like the taste of spinach, try ANEMIKA – fruit and herbal tea for fatigue. It has a positive effect on the absorption of iron and strengthens the immune system. Its composition includes not only spinach, but also blackthorn, beetroot, aronia, hibiscus, quince, turnip and acerola.
Spinach for weight loss
Spinach it contains a small amount of calories – 23 kcal per 100 g. Potassium and B vitamins contained in its leaves have a beneficial effect on the burning of carbohydrates and fats, thus accelerating the metabolic rate. Food spinach it also prolongs the feeling of satiety after a meal, because its leaves contain thylakoids, i.e. substances that increase the secretion of satiety hormones. They slow down the fat burning process, which makes us less inclined to reach for snacks between meals or for something sweet after a meal.
However, not always the food spinach is advisable. Leaves spinach they also contain oxalic acid, which flushes calcium out of the body. For this reason spinach people with kidney stones should not eat, because calcium oxalate increases the production of kidney stones.
Spinach can be prepared in countless ways. You can eat fresh leaves spinach as an addition to sandwiches or salads. Fresh spinach goes well with cheeses, both with blue cheeses and feta cheese, parmesan cheese and oscypek cheese. It tastes good in combination with fruit, both native and citrus. Salad with fresh leaves spinach it is good to pour olive oil on it as it will increase the absorption of beta-carotene and lutein. Spinach you can also combine it with pasta, make it a filling for pancakes and dumplings, bake, stew and fry, and bake crispy tarts with spinach (they taste great with the addition of cheese). However, it should be remembered that when cooking and stewing spinach significantly reduces its volume. For a dinner for the whole family (several people) you need about 2 kg spinach.
A good way to spinach it has not lost its nice, intense green color while stewing it is sprinkling its leaves with lemon juice.
Spinach it is best to steam or stew in your own sauce. It is not necessary to add water to it, because the leaves will release juice while stewing. For strangled leaves spinach you can add cream or eggs to thicken the mass.
Spinach goes well with nutmeg and white pepper.
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Fresh spinach it is usually sold in plastic bags. It is worth checking if it is really fresh – if the leaves are wilted and lose their green color, it means that it is spinach it has already lost many of its valuable properties. Not washed fresh spinach should be stored in a refrigerator in a foil bag – this way it will stay fresh for about 4 days. It’s best to buy out of season spinach frozen.
Boiled spinach it is suitable for consumption for about a day.
Before cooking or serving in a salad spinach wash thoroughly in cold water and remove coarser stems.
You can also buy spinach in a ready-made form of a set of fruit and vegetable shots with herbs as Strong as a Lion. It is one of the ingredients that positively affects the functioning of the human body.