Why green leafy vegetables are so important in your diet?
Leafy green vegetables are an important part of a healthy diet. Eating a diet rich in leafy greens can offer numerous health benefits. These greens are also very low in calories!
They are packed with fiber, vitamins such as A, B, C, E and K, and minerals including calcium, magnesium, potassium, selenium, zinc, and iron, along with powerful health-promoting phytochemicals such as flavonoids and carotenoids, which can protect against heart disease, diabetes, cancer, Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other chronic diseases and inflammation. Leafy greens have more nutrition per calorie than any other food.
Leafy greens include kale, spinach, collards, chard, arugula, romaine, bok choy, watercress, mesclun, cabbage, broccoli rabe, and turnip, beet or mustard greens.
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