What foods are good for your health?

Mary Franklin

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Studied Hypothetical Scenarios & New York, NY at University of California, Santa Barbara (Graduated 2018) 6h

What foods are good for your health?

The ceiling among vegetables! Have you eaten green vegetables today?

Green vegetables refer to green leafy vegetables rich in chlorophyll. In the era of national health preservation, people pay more and more attention to absorbing nutrients from food. Compared with ordinary vegetables, green vegetables are more like treasures given by nature and are nutritious and healthy foods.

Green vegetables are a very good source of calcium in our daily life. They are not only rich in calcium, but also rich in vitamin K, vitamin C, β-carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, folic acid...

Key points for eating green vegetables

✅Eat enough

-According to the recommendations of China's "Dietary Guidelines for Residents (2022)", fresh vegetables should be consumed every day, with a total amount of 300~500 grams, which is about the amount of vegetables held in two hands, of which dark vegetables should account for more than half.

✅Master the correct cooking method

-Some green leafy vegetables, such as spinach and water spinach, contain high oxalic acid, which will affect the absorption of calcium, magnesium and iron

-It is recommended that you blanch the vegetables in boiling water before stir-frying

✅Pay attention to the time of consumption of green leafy vegetables

-Green leafy vegetables are easy to wilt, and vitamins will be lost after wilting.

-If stored at room temperature, the nitrite content in vegetables is easy to increase. It is recommended that you do not buy too much green vegetables at one time. It is more appropriate to control the purchase amount to be eaten within 3 days.

✅Proper storage

-Wrap the green leafy vegetables with soft paper/kitchen paper, put them in a food plastic bag and put them in the refrigerator to prevent the green leafy vegetables from yellowing and shrinking. At the same time, be careful not to place the green leafy vegetables on the inner wall of the refrigerator to avoid frostbite.

-It is recommended not to store the cooked green leafy vegetables at room temperature. If you can't finish them in one meal, you must put them in the refrigerator in time.