1. rich in vitamin C. Usually people think that fruits are high in vitamin C. In fact, the content of vitamin C in green leafy vegetables is higher than that of ordinary fruits.
2. Rich in beta-carotene. beta-carotene can eliminate free radicals, slow down aging, and prevent chronic diseases. It can also be converted into vitamin A, which plays an important role in vision, mucous membranes, growth and development, and immunity.
3. Rich in folic acid. Folic acid is not only important for fetal neurological development and hematopoietic system, but also for the prevention and treatment of "hyperhomocysteinemia" play an important role in preventing atherosclerosis.
4. It is rich in vitamin B2, which is one of the vitamins that Chinese people are most likely to be deficient in, and plays an important role in the health of the skin, mucous membranes and eyes.
The common green vegetables in daily life are: spinach, rape, celery leaves, cabbage, mustard greens, broccoli, corns, leeks, radish tassels. Green vegetables give people a sense of brightness and freshness. This food has a calming effect on high blood pressure and insomnia, while benefiting the liver.
But the consumption of vegetables can not just look at the color to eat a single species, because different vegetables contain vitamins have their own focus, it is not possible to a vegetable contains all 10 kinds of vitamins. Even if different colors of the same species, its nutritional composition also has differences. Therefore, daily life must be eaten at the same time a variety of different colors of vegetables, in order to play a complementary, interchangeable role.