“I'm Popeye the sailor man. I'm strong to the 'fin-ich' 'Cause I eats spinach; I'm Popeye the sailor man.

Spinach - just reminds of Popeye, which is one of the favorite cartoon character of children. Popeye eats one can of spinach to save his love from the bad persons as by eating spinach Popeye becomes strong .So this inspires many mothers to provide their children a rich diet of spinach. It is leafy green vegetable rich in vitamins and fiber with low calories.

Benefits of spinach

• Diabetes management

          Contains an antioxidant which lowers the glucose level and induced changes in patients with diabetes.

• Cancer prevention

          Contains chlorophyll which helps in blocking the carcinogenic effects of 
hetero cyclic amines.

• Asthma prevention 

         It helps in lowering the asthma level in the patients.

• Healthy skin and hair

           High in vitamin A, which is necessary for sebum production to keep hair moisturized. 

• Better Eyesight 

           Vitamin A is necessary for good eyesight and spinach is rich source of vitamin A thus helps in improving the eyesight.

• Combat Function

          Vitamin E helps in increasing the immune system. Vitamin A helps in producing the white blood cells which destroys bacteria and viruses.

• Building Healthy Bones

          Vitamin K helps in preventing the weak bones. Calcium and magnesium also helps in keeping the bones strong. Spinach contains all of these vitamins thus helps in building bones.

• keeping Your Heart Healthy

          The folate in spinach helps in lowering the homocystene level helps in protecting the heart from disease.

Spinach is rich in iron, thus many people prefer eating spinach as salad and many cooked the spinach.
This green leafy vegetable has many different taste. It has a soft texture which can be eaten as a raw 
with other greens as a salad.

So in all spinach is one of the POWER FOOD that plays quintessential role in our diet. 



Types of Spinach :

• Savoy

              It has dark green, crinkly and curly leaves. It is the type sold in fresh bunches in most           supermarkets in the United States.  

• Flat- or smooth-leaf

              This spinach has broad, smooth leaves mainly used for canned and frozen spinach, as well as soups.

• Semi-savoy

             It is a hybrid variety with slightly crinkled leaves,difficult to clean. It is grown for both fresh market and processing. 

Raw spinach is 91% water, 4% carbohydrates, 3% protein, and contains negligible fat.It has high nutritional value.It is a rich source of vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin K.

So it is very good to include spinach in your diet as it has many benefits .