Lead: Spring is here, which is a good time to keep fit. There are many healthy foods in spring. The following are 9 kinds of spring healthy vegetables.

Nine kinds of healthy vegetables in spring

1, spinach:

Spinach is also called spinach Persian grass. Use leaves and tender stems as food. Spinach originated in Iran and was cultivated 2000 years ago. Later, it spread to North Africa, and from the Moors to Western Europe, Spain and other countries. Spinach was cultivated in China in the Tang Dynasty at the latest. Spinach stems and leaves are soft, tender and delicious, and are rich in minerals such as vitamin C, carotene, protein, iron, calcium and phosphorus. Besides fresh vegetables, it can also be dehydrated, dried and frozen. Spinach contains a lot of beta carotene and iron, and it is also an excellent source of vitamin B6, folic acid, iron and potassium. Among them, rich iron can improve iron deficiency anemia and make people look rosy and radiant, so it is known as a beauty product.

Spinach leaves contain chromium and an insulin-like substance, which is very similar to insulin and can keep blood sugar stable. Rich B vitamins can prevent the occurrence of vitamin deficiency such as angular stomatitis and night blindness. Spinach contains a lot of antioxidants, such as vitamin E and selenium, which have anti-aging and cell proliferation effects. It can not only activate brain function, but also enhance youthful vitality, which helps to prevent brain aging and Alzheimer's disease. A study by Harvard University also found that middle-aged and elderly people who eat spinach 2-4 times a week can reduce the risk of retinal degeneration by taking vitamin A and carotene, thus protecting their eyesight. As long as you can do three things well in spring, you will be healthy all your life.

The carotene content of spinach can be comparable to that of carrots. If a person eats 50 grams of spinach every day, his vitamin A can meet the normal needs of the human body. The content of vitamin C is more than twice that of tomatoes. Tip: If you have symptoms such as high blood pressure, constipation, headache and blushing, you can wash fresh spinach and cook it in boiling water for three to five minutes. Take it out and chop it up. Take it twice a day with a little sesame oil and salt, which is very effective. Although spinach is homologous to medicine and food, it should not be overdone, because spinach contains oxalic acid, which combines with calcium contained in other foods to form an insoluble calcium oxalate, which is not conducive to the normal absorption of calcium by human body.

2. shepherd's purse:

Shepherd's purse is sweet and light in taste, slightly cold in nature, and can cool blood and stop bleeding, clear liver and improve eyesight, and clear heat and induce diuresis.

Tip: For patients with hypertension and arteriosclerosis, taking 60 grams of fresh shepherd's purse every day and adding appropriate amount of boiled soup can improve the symptoms of dizziness and headache.

3. Cabbage:

Cabbage, also known as cabbage, is the stem and leaf of Cruciferae cabbage. Originated in the Mediterranean coast, it is now widely cultivated in China. According to its shape, it can be divided into three types: flat type, pointed type and round type. Chinese cabbage with large and thick leaves is a kind of vegetable with high nutritional value and important health care function. It is a natural anticancer drug. It is even included in the 30 best anti-cancer fruits and vegetables recommended by the American Cancer Society.

4. Chinese yam:

Yam is especially suitable for spring. It is nutritious, has the function of invigorating spleen and benefiting qi, and can prevent spleen from being damaged by excessive liver qi in spring. It can tonify kidney and essence, and enhance human resistance.

Tip: Cooking porridge with rice, adding white sugar and steamed yam mud and stirring evenly can strengthen the spleen, moisten the lungs, tonify the kidney and replenish essence, and strengthen the body. It is very suitable for the infirm and middle-aged and elderly people. If you add red dates to cook together, the nourishing effect will be better.

5. Red dates:

Jujube is sweet and flat, especially suitable for spring consumption.

Tip: For people who are weak and have a bad appetite, you can usually eat more jujube rice: that is, rice is the main food, with some red dates, which is bright in color, refreshing and sweet.

6. Lettuce:

Lettuce contains many vitamins, among which iron is rich.

It is suggested that the nutrient content of lettuce leaves is higher than that of lettuce, in which carotene is 100 times and vitamin C is 15 times, so it should not be discarded.

7. Alfalfa bud:

The protein content of alfalfa buds is higher than that of other beans. It contains minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, sodium, potassium and magnesium, vitamins A, b 1, b2, b6, b 12, C, E and K, and various amino acids and enzymes. Rich in nutrition, low in calories, refreshing and delicious, better eaten raw, healthy and can be used. Although alfalfa sprouts have many advantages, try not to eat them raw.

8. Red pepper:

The peel of red pepper contains many minerals, vitamin C, protein and dietary fiber, while the seeds contain capsaicin. A red pepper not only contains abundant carotene, but also contains about 5000 international units of vitamin A, which can meet the daily needs of adults, and also contains more than 100mg of vitamin C. These rich antioxidants can neutralize harmful oxygen molecular free radicals in the body and are beneficial to human health.

9. Eggplant:

Eggplant is a rare purple vegetable with unique nutritional value. It contains a variety of vitamins and mineral elements such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. Eggplant contains vitamin E, which has hemostatic and anti-aging effects. Eating eggplant regularly can prevent the cholesterol level in the blood from rising, which has positive significance for delaying human aging.