Thursday, February 9, 2012

The benefits of eating Spinach (Palak) daily


What green vegetable, you mother feed you when you were child. If the answer is Spinach (Palak) then you must thank your mother.

Spinach is a green vegetable rich of heart healthy vitamin A and C. The vitamin B Complex which is very essential for our body is also found in Spinach. The Recent studies says that 30% of daily magnesium requirement for body can be achieved having a cup of Spinach. One more added advantage of having Spinach is that it is very low in calories so no need extra efforts to burn it.

Health benefits of eating spinach:

Fight off osteoporosis and cancer: Spinach is full of vitamins and minerals. It fulfills the requirements of water for your body and ward off unwanted diseases caused due to lack of water. It is rich of Iron so good for bone especially for women. Research says that having Spinach in diet may prevent from cancer and many other diseases.

Better for vision: It is rich of vitamin A. Vitamin A is very good for eye vision. Research shows that adding spinach in diet reduces the risk of night blindness and many other eye diseases.

Heal your body: It is rich of Folic Acid which is very good for our body as it helps our body to heal any wound and cut. It is present in rich amounts in spinach and helps your body to make and repair DNA and cells. It helps our body to heal itself.

Power up the antioxidants: It is a great source of antioxidants. The benefits of antioxidants are manifold. It helps you to reduce unwanted and harmful things from your body and fight with free radicals which are produced by your body during its normal processes. The more free radicals are stored in body, the more there is chance of heart diseases and many other diseases.

Perfect for weight loss: It is rich of mineral which helps us to lose our weight. As we know, Spinach is full of nutrients and contains practically no calories; it’s perfect for our diet. Good to use with a liberal hand in your salads, soups, and sabzis! This vegetable has numbers of benefits and no harm at all.

Keep your PMS in check: This may be news for you. Magnesium in spinach helps reduce the symptoms of PMS. Keep the bloated feeling and irritation to a minimum, indulge in some palak.

Keep your heart healthy: Vitamin A and C is very good to heart and Spinach is a good resource of it. Adding spinach daily in diet reduce cholesterol levels which in turn lead to better cardiac health.

Good for immune system: Spinach is rich of nutrients and having it daily does wonders for your immune system. It protects us from common colds and cough. If you want to protect your