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Vegetable Benefit Facts

As we all have known that we can get many important nutrients from green veggies such as magnesium, iron, calcium, folate, vitamin C and B6. More and more, photochemical in green veggies is one of important content against cancer and heart attack.

Some researches conducted in Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Centre on Aging of Tufts University of Boston and Framingham, USA, have examined more than 1000 people between 67-95 years old. Study was focused on foods related to heart healthiness. And the followings should become your points of interest:

1. They found that, vegetables is best to be served by steaming to keep its nutrient contents. This way, they can control homocystine level, because when our body keeps this material in high level, they will turn to be a toxic that will cause artery obstruction and heart disease.

2. A study to some people of 67's ages above shows that 43% of men and 34% of women mostly suffers an artery obstruction. The high level of homocystine in their blood causes it.

3. Our body uses folate, vitamin B12 and B6 to control homocystine. This folate and vitamin B6 contained in green veggies. That is why green veggies are highly recommended to prevent homocystine increasing. Green veggies such as spinach also contain magnesium, calium and calcium. All of them are beneficial contents for hearts.

4. Excessive natrium consumption also can raise blood tension. It is getting worse, if magnesium, calium and calcium intake is low. It is important to know that calcium in spinach is quite difficult to digest. That is the reason why variety green veggies consumption is recommended.

5. As vegetarian become more and more popular, it is also important to understand that most green veggies as calcium source also contain oxalate, a component that prevent calcium absorption. Since they avoid meat, surely they will lack of some other mineral such as iron. Green veggies can help them, because they contain iron, an important component to produce haemoglobin. However, iron in green veggies is not easily absorbed compare to which contained in meat. In this case, vitamin C is needed to help the absorption.

6. Whether cooked or raw is the best way to serve vegetables? The experts says that the most important thing is, cook it quickly. In fact, you have many alternative cooking methods to serve vegetables. And that what this site was composed for, to give you some ideas on cooking vegetable for specific methods.

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