Aim to eat spinach a couple of times a week; more than that and you'll risk consuming too many mineral-inhibiting oxalates. Warning! People with gout or kidney or bladder stones should avoid spinach because of its oxalates.
Frozen spinach retains more nutrients than older fresh spinach. Canned spinach retains most nutrients except folic acid.
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Sweet potatoes' high vitamin E levels help boost male fertility.
The potassium in sweet potatoes (one potato provides about half the RDA) also help prevent high blood pressure and maintains heart health.
Sweet potatoes are also a good source of iron, especially for vegetarians.
Sweet Potatoes
Help prevent and regulate high blood pressure
Help prevent and treat anemia
Help control diabetes
Help prevent birth defects
May help prevent cancer
May reduce risk of heart disease and stroke
May boost male fertility
May improve memory
It's a shame that so many people eat sweet potatoes only at Thanksgiving time, dotted with melted mini-marshmallows, glazed with brown sugar and drowned in butter. The unadulterated spud is far more deliciousand needless to say, far more nutritious.
Disease Fighters
Sweet potatoes are packed with antioxidants, which provide powerful protection against the cell damage that can lead to cancer and other diseases.
The bright orange color tells you sweet potatoes are loaded with beta-carotene; an average (4-ounce) potato contains more than 14 grams' worth.