REASONS TO EAT SPINACH LIKE POPEYE:

1. Healthy Diet Food: Spinach is abundant in dietary fiber, which aids in digestion, prevents constipation through smooth and effective waste disposal, maintains low blood sugar, and curbs overeating. Spinach is a low calorie, and fat and cholesterol free food.

2. Anti Cancer: Flavonoids, a phytonutrient, and antioxidant beta-carotene, abundant in spinach, slow down cell division in cancer cells preventing stomach, skin, prostate, and ovarian cancer.

3. Anti-Inflammatory: Spinach is super rich in anti-inflammatory epoxy xanthophylls- Neoxanthin and violaxanthin, that help fight inflammation related disorders like arthritis, osteoporosis, migraine headaches, and asthma.

4. Boosts Brain and Nervous System: Vitamin K assists in maintaining a healthy nervous system and brain function by synthesizing sphingolipids, the crucial fat that makes up the Myelin sheath around our nerves and slows the age-related brain function decline.

5. Antioxidant: The vitamin C, E, flavanoids, beta-carotene, manganese, zinc and selenium in spinach are powerful antioxidants that combat free radicals and the onset of osteoporosis, atherosclerosis and high blood pressure.

6. Regulates Blood Pressure: Spinach contains peptides that inhibit the angiotensin (constrictor of blood vessels) I-converting enzyme, effectively lowering blood pressure. The antioxidants, vitamins C and A, help fight free radicals and prevent cholesterol from oxidizing. Folate and magnesium help maintain a healthy cardiovascular system.

7. Improves Vision: Antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin, plentiful in spinach, protect the eyes from cataracts and age-related macular degeneration.

8. Improves Immunity Shield: Spinach is super rich in vitamin A that not only protects and strengthens the mucous membranes, respiratory, urinary and intestinal tracts, but is also a key component of lymphocytes or white blood cells that fight infections.

9. Strengthens Bones: Vitamin K prevents excess activation of osteoclasts, the cells that break down bones, as well as promote the synthesis of osteocalcin, the protein that is essential for maintaining the strength and density of our bones.

10. Prevents Calcification: Vitamin K aids the carboxylation process which produces the matrix Gla protein responsible to prevent calcium deposits in tissues and blood vessels, a primary cause of atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease and stroke.

11. Increases Muscle Efficiency: Spinach reduces the amount of oxygen required to power your muscles during strenuous exercise. So you need less effort to do more.

12. Skin Care: The high amount of vitamin A in spinach also promotes healthy skin by allowing for proper moisture retention in the epidermis, thus fighting psoriasis, keratinization, acne and even wrinkles.

13. GastroIntestinal (GI) Health: Spinach contains beta-carotene, vitamin C and folate that prevent the harmful effects of free radicals, DNA damage and mutations in colon cells.

14. Anti Anemic: The mineral Iron, in spinach is critical for menstruating women, growing children and adolescents, and is a building block of hemoglobin, essential for oxygen supply and energy to all body cells.