Contents:
- Medical Video: The Good & Bad News of Eating Spinach
- Nutrition in kale vegetables
- Benefits of water spinach for health
- 1. Maintain eye health
- 2. Anti-inflammatory
- 3. Prevent diabetes
- 4. Fight liver damage
- 5. Prevent dehydration
- 6. Overcoming anemia
- 7. Reducing the risk of chronic diseases
Medical Video: The Good & Bad News of Eating Spinach
Water spinach is a type of vegetable that is very common in Indonesia. Almost everyone must have eaten water spinach. However, did you know that kale saves a lot of good for the body? Starting from maintaining eye health, preventing diabetes, to fight liver disease (liver). Want to know the benefits of other kale? See the following explanation.
Nutrition in kale vegetables
Water spinach, also known as water spinach, is an aquatic plant that is commonly found in swamps. This plant is commonly found in Asian countries.
The content of vitamin A and vitamin C in kale vegetables is very high.Even in a cup of weeded water spinach (about 56 grams), you can meet 70 percent of daily vitamin A needs and 51 percent of daily vitamin C needs.
In addition, water spinach is also rich in various important minerals such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and phosphorus.
Although rich in various important nutrients, kale is a vegetable that is low in calories. Before cooking, a cup of kale leaves only contains 11 calories.
Benefits of water spinach for health
Here are the various benefits of water spinach that can be picked if you regularly consume it.
1. Maintain eye health
Water spinach which is rich in vitamin A is good for maintaining eye health. Because, vitamin A can protect the cornea and eye lining from bacterial and viral infections. This vitamin can also increase the production of fluid so that the eyes do not dry out.
2. Anti-inflammatory
A study in the Research Journal of Pharmaceutical, Biological and Chemical Sciences in 2010 revealed that kale turned out to have efficacious anti-inflammatory properties. Inflammation is usually characterized by symptoms such as pain and swelling.
In the study, water spinach was known to be effective in fighting inflammation caused by bacterial infections Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis. These bacteria can cause MRSA disease, nodules, and food poisoning.
3. Prevent diabetes
In 2013 the researchers found the efficacy of routinely eating water spinach to prevent diabetes in pregnant women and their babies. Research in the Journal of Diabetes notes that kale works as an antioxidant. These antioxidants are able to counteract the oxidation of diabetes causes in the cells of the body of pregnant women and fetuses.
4. Fight liver damage
Since centuries ago, kale has been known to be effective in fighting liver damage. Recently a study in the journal Molecules also succeeded in proving this benefit.
Water spinach can protect the liver from damage, injury, and inflammation. According to experts, this is because kale can trigger the production of enzymes that will cleanse (detoxify) the liver from poisons and waste substances that can cause damage.
5. Prevent dehydration
The high content of various types of minerals in kale makes this vegetable good for preventing dehydration. Because, minerals such as potassium and sodium are responsible for maintaining fluid balance and electrolyte levels in the body. So, kale can prevent you from losing too much fluid.
6. Overcoming anemia
In addition to maintaining fluids and electrolytes, minerals found in kale vegetables can also help overcome the symptoms of anemia. This is because kale contains iron and phosphorus. Iron itself is very effective in increasing the production of red blood cells (hemoglobin). Red blood cells are needed to transport oxygen to all your cells and organs, such as the heart and brain.
7. Reducing the risk of chronic diseases
Efficacy of water spinach which unfortunately if missed is to reduce the risk of chronic disease. Water spinach can also prevent other diseases caused by your weak immune system.
Because the water spinach is high in vitamin C which can increase the body's immunity while fighting cell damage. Whether it's because of chronic diseases such as heart disease and stroke or because of viral and bacterial infections.
