What diseases or medical problems can be prevented by eating spinach?

Answer 1

Spinach is an excellent vegetable. While it doesn't directly cure or prevent anymore than any other nutritious vegetable, it is high in nutrients that can prevent certain conditions. It's high in folic acid, which prevents spinal bifidia in developing fetuses. Also, folic acid has been showed to reduce the rate of cognitive decline in elderly people. It's a very good source of iron, which prevents anemia. It's very high in antioxidants (the highest of any vegetable, I believe). And, as a part of a healthy diet with a variety of fruits,vegetables, and whole grains, it can reduce the risk of cancers, Heart disease, stroke and many others. While no one vegetable can take the place of all others, spinach certainly can be consumed often as a component in a healthy diet.

Answer 2

In a recent study on the relationship between risk of prostate cancer and vegetable intake including the vegetables spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, mustard greens, turnip greens, collards, only spinach showed evidence of significant protection against the occurrence of aggressive prostate cancer.

Spinach also helps to protect against inflammatory problems, oxidative stress-related problems, cardiovascular problems, bone problems, and cancers at the same time.

Spinach is low in calories and high in vitamins. It is said that eating/using 1cup of the leafy green vegetable contains way far more than your daily requirements of vitamin K and vitamin A. this means that the spinach you consume contains almost all the manganese and folate your body needs and nearly 40 percent of your magnesium requirement. And yet, 1 cup has only 40 calories!

Answer 3

Weight loss and healthy diet. its also catagorized as a 'dark vegetable'.