Posts Tagged ‘Spinach’
‘Dirty Dozen’ List Reveals Foods With Most Pesticides!
Apples again top the “dirty dozen” list of produce most contaminated with pesticides, while onions top the list of the “clean 15.” The rankings come from consumer advocates at the nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG), based on pesticide tests from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the FDA. It updates last year’s list with recently…
Read MoreSpinach The Leafy Green Super-Food!
How smart is Popeye? Smarter than you think. Popeye attributes his amazing strength to eating spinach but he is also protecting himself against osteoporosis, heart disease, colon cancer and arthritis. The Journal of Nutrition recently published a report that spinach fights prostate cancer while The Nurses Health Study reveals women whose diets are high in…
Read MoreEat Something Green Today!
With most greens like spinach or kale, when eaten raw it is loaded with a high vitamin and mineral content, but when cooked it releases many phytochemicals. Phytochemicals are natural plant organic compounds often called phytonutrients that are well known for potential health benefits including anti-inflammatory properties that help to protect against heart disease, while…
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