Spinach belongs to very useful vegetables. Thanks to its rich structure, it is recommended as a product for healthy nutrition. At it there is such set of vitamins which is included in the list vital.
The use of fresh products is the cornerstone of healthy nutrition. And, of course, useful greens. Spinach wins first place among plants on the content in it of manganese and also vitamin K.
At spinach there is ascorbic acid, iodine and iron, a pine forest and silicon. Spinach thanks to availability of beta carotene and lutein is good.
Linolenic acid is also present at green leaves. Rare products contain the Omega-3. Spinach – an exception. The omega-3 in it is a lot of.
Surprisingly, but useful properties will remain in these greens as frozen, and a dried look. And even in the course of long thermal influence when cooking vitamins and minerals in the majority will remain in green vegetable.
In what advantage of spinach
The plant contains a minimum of calories. Its caloric content is 23 kcal on 100 g. But it is recommended to be used as the supplier of protein. These food properties also do spinach by ideal vegetable for the people keeping to a diet.
If to eat spinach regularly, then after a while it is possible to notice positive influence on an organism
- Thanks to existence in composition of pectin the product well affects work of an alimentary system. It is recommended for clarification of intestines from hazardous substances, and food fibers improve a vermicular movement.
- Well for sight vitamin A and beta carotene which are a part of spinach. From a cataract, glaucomas are protected by lutein. Vegetable culture positively affects sharpness sight and recovers mucous an eye.
- Vegetable culture is recommended to men as a synthesizer of natural testosterone and to elimination of difficulties with potency.
- The product is shown to teenagers as a zinc source for normal formation of a reproductive system of a young organism.
- Spinach is recommended to women for appearance a hair, improvements of integuments and strengthening of bones. And to future mothers folic acid which in spinach is a lot of registers. It promotes the correct course of pregnancy.
- The product for a blood system is salutary. The iron which is its part reduces risk of manifestation of anemia. And magnesium in general is useful to heart. From cholesterol the vessels are cleaned by the vitamin C which is contained in spinach.
- The last researches prove that the plant is good preventive means against cancer. It contains active agents which reduce risk of formation of malignant tumors.
Doctors recommend to include spinach in the diet, but only if there are no contraindications.
In what harm of spinach
In some situations spinach isn't recommended to be eaten since it is capable to do much harm to an organism. Spinach is categorically contraindicated to patients with diagnoses:
- stomach ulcer
- pochechnokamenny disease
- duodenum ulcer
- gout
- arthritis
- rheumatism
The fact is that at spinach (generally in leaves) there is oxalic acid, and it is capable to provoke aggravation of attacks of the available disease.
But if there is a strong wish for some spinach, then it is better to give preference to a young plant. In it acid practically didn't collect. In its stalks it is even less Despite this, people can use a product with the listed diseases in very limited volume.
Spinach isn't recommended to people with individual intolerance of components. And also to allergic persons since in it the histamine capable to provoke allergic reaction is found.
Spinach is contraindicated to the patients taking medicine for decrease in blood clotting. At its structure there is vitamin K, and it, in turn, has opposite effect therefore medication won't conceive due effect.
How to use spinach
That vegetable brought a benefit maximum, it isn't recommended to wait for full maturing of leaves. It is better to cut off a young plant and is it in the raw.
If to boil spinach (including after freezing), the first water at the time of boiling should be drained and to fill in vegetable with the second water on which it is possible to prepare further (at spinach there can be harmful nitrates). Boiled spinach has medicinal properties.
Long it isn't recommended to store fresh leaves of spinach even in the fridge. The fact is that on a fresh leaf the nitrogenous salts which aren't recommended for the use very quickly begin to be formed. Same concerns also the dishes prepared from spinach.
Include useful and tasty vitamin vegetable in the menu and feel its positive influence on an organism.