Introduction: The ancient Chinese called spinach "red-billed green parrot", also called Persian vegetable and red root vegetable. "Compendium of Materia Medica" believes that eating spinach can "open the blood vessels, open the chest and diaphragm, regulate the Qi, quench thirst and moisturize dryness." The ancient Arabs also called it "the fifth vegetable". Spinach not only contains a lot of carotene and iron, but is also an excellent source of vitamin B6, folic acid, iron and potassium. Spinach contains very considerable protein, and every 0.5 kilogram of spinach is equivalent to the protein content of two eggs. Spinach is also rich in enzymes.

Efficacy: If you have a bad complexion, please eat spinach regularly. It can improve iron deficiency anemia and make people look rosy and radiant, so it is highly praised as a beauty product. Spinach leaves contain an insulin-like substance that acts very similarly to insulin and can keep blood sugar stable. The rich vitamin content of spinach can prevent the occurrence of vitamin deficiencies such as angular stomatitis and night blindness. Spinach contains a large amount of antioxidants, which has anti-aging and promotes cell proliferation. It can not only activate brain function, but also enhance youth vitality, help prevent brain aging, and prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease. A Harvard University study also found that middle-aged and elderly people who eat spinach 2-4 times a week can reduce the risk of retinal degeneration and thus protect their vision. Spinach is good at cleaning up heat and toxins in the human gastrointestinal tract. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spinach is sweet and cool in nature and can nourish blood, stop bleeding, astringe yin, and moisturize dryness. Therefore, it can prevent and treat constipation and make people look radiant.

Suitable for the crowd: spinach is soft and easy to digest after cooking, especially suitable for the elderly, young, sick and weak. Computer workers and people who love beauty should eat spinach regularly. Diabetics (especially type II diabetics) often eat spinach to help maintain stable blood sugar.

Applicable amount: 80 to 100 grams per meal.

Warm reminder: Many people like to eat spinach, but it must be noted that spinach cannot be cooked directly because it contains more oxalic acid, which hinders the body's absorption of calcium. Therefore, when eating spinach, you should blanch it in boiling water until soft, take it out and then fry it. You should eat as much alkaline foods as possible, such as kelp, vegetables, fruits, etc., to promote the dissolution and excretion of calcium oxalate and prevent stones. Infants and young children and people with calcium deficiency, rickets, tuberculosis, kidney stones, and diarrhea should not eat raw spinach. Although spinach contains high iron content, not much iron can be absorbed, and it also interferes with the absorption of zinc and calcium, so it is not suitable to supplement iron and blood, especially for children.