Perhaps, as a kid, you might have watched Popeye gulp his stash of canned spinach down and gain instantaneously huge muscles. As most children would, you may have tried this yourself, found out that it doesn’t quite work as advertised and given up on spinach. But the truth is, even though you’re not likely to get any bulging muscles from eating spinach alone, this healthy vegetable has lots of other great benefits for your body. Read on to find out more.
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High Nutrients & Low Calories
Spinach is very high in a number of nutrients and vitamins that are needed by the body on a daily basis. For one, you can obtain up to 20% of your bodies daily fiber requirement from a cup of spinach alone, and there are also numerous other nutrients such as vitamins A, K, C and E that are found in large amounts in spinach.
For the weight watcher or anyone trying to lose weight, foods with high calories are public enemy number one and unfortunately, lots of delicious, high nutrient foods, are also very high in calories. Fortunately, though, spinach has that winning high nutrient, low-calorie combination, so you can eat as much off it as you want without having to worry about packing on any unwanted calories.
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Calcium for strong bones
As people get on in life, bones begin to degenerate and have a tendency to become hollow and brittle, a condition called osteoporosis. If the body does not get enough calcium from the food you eat, it will start to take calcium from other sources i.e: the bones which, of course, will weaken them and speed up the process of degeneration. On the other hand, stronger bones will be more resistant to this process and ingesting adequate amounts of calcium is crucial for their formation. Spinach is very high in calcium, so make sure you include healthy amounts of spinach in your diet on a regular basis.
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Good for the immune system
Spinach has properties which make it very effective at boosting the immune system. In particular, it has significant amounts of vitamin A which is very effective at this job. Spinach also has a lot of magnesium which is important because it helps to combat high blood pressure, and if you’re struggling with HBP, you should think about including lots of spinach in your diet.
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Combats free radicals and cholesterol
Aside from its ability to boost the immune system, spinach could help keep you healthy by combating the effects of cholesterol and also helping to dispose of free radicals whose presence in the body increases with age, and could lead to the development of heart disease and other complications such as cancer.
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Natural anti-flammant
Spinach contains high amounts of violaxanthin and neoxanthin, both of which are important substances that play in part in the anti-flammation process. You may not have to take copious amounts of artificial pain-killers, many of which come with dangerous side-effects, if you simply include sufficient amounts of spinach in your diet.
Conclusion
Spinach will not give you instantaneously massive muscles, but eating this healthy vegetable comes with a host of benefits including stronger bones which will help you lift heavier objects and carry out physical activities better. Perhaps Popeye was on to something after all.
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