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Sufficient Iron From Green Vegetables Nutrition

published Friday, August 5th, 2011 at 9:05 am by

Green vegetables nutrition - sufficient iron

Today on green vegetables nutrition we will discuss a painful subject – Iron intake and iron absorption. Many people are suffering from low iron levels, and this type of anemia, which we have written about in other green vegetables nutrition posts in the past (simply search the search box above..) is something not only curable without medication, but also quickly solved!

Reading this article you will learn:

  • That you can get sufficient iron from vegetables
  • What vegetables have high levels of iron in them
  • How to make sure you absorb the iron you eat
Saying that iron from vegetables is not sufficient is wrong. You can get sufficient amounts of iron from eating nothing but vegetables, but it is simply much nicer to have nuts and seeds, and some freshly cooked quinoa as well.

Green Vegetables Nutrition and Sufficient Iron Levels

We have taken the time here on green vegetables nutrition to make a list of vegetables and vegetarian foods which contain high amounts of iron, so you will be able to enjoy a wide variety of foods and get your iron needs met:

Beans have much iron in them – be it Lima beans, black or pinto beans and the very popular soy beans, and of course, kidney beans. Greens such as spinach, turnip, beet-greens, kale and broccoli. Take note that there is an argument in the nutritional society regarding spinach and iron, as some claim that one of the materials in spinach prohibits the iron from actually being absorbed by our digestive system, thus leaving us in shortage.

Raisins have fair amounts of iron in them, and organic raisins are usually delicious and could be added to the cooking pot while you are making rice, with some cinnamon and black beans to top it (I’m a bit hungry as I’m writing this post, so excuse me for going to recipes all of the sudden :) ). Oh, and just to quickly answer a question someone asked me not too long ago – “No, raisins do not give black stools”.

Seeds and nuts usually have iron in then, and sesame seeds are rich not only in iron, but in many other vital nutritional ingrediants, and Tahini, which is made out of the seeds and it is a main ingredients in the Mediterranean dish the all mighty Humus, is delicious and rich in iron. Great flavor and amazing nutritional value all packed in one dish, an all time green vegetables nutrition favorite!

Green Vegetables Nutrition – Absorb Your Iron

As you know by now, putting the stuff in our body does not mean we absorb it, and it might come out the other end the same as it came in. Absorption is super important and it is not taken into account by many doctors who simply did not get the right nutritional knowledge, as nutrition is not a standard in medical seminars doctors must attend yearly.

Lucky you, you are reading this article, and even though I have written about this in the past, there is such a great interest on the subject that I decided to write again. The main thing we need to keep in mind is that when we eat an entire meal, the digestive system needs to deal with many nutrients at the same time. It is not easy, and if we have a weak system it is even harder, and many times the nutritional value of foods we eat gets lost in the process of digestion, a thing that is very common with Iron.

To maximize iron absorption in the body we need to isolate it. This is not something that should be done regularly by healthy people that do not suffer anemia, but as a technique used for those in need. Eat iron rich vegetables such as the ones in the list above, and make sure you eat some vitamin C with it, preferably one or two minutes before and then right after. Vitamin c is essential for absorbing iron into our system, and it would be wise to make sure it is present and in sufficient amounts to allow the iron to be absorbed. It is also best to take in the iron dosage of the day as the first meal, as the digestive system is clocked by nature to be stronger in the morning, and after the night fast, it is empty and ready to take in as much of the nutrients in the food.

This is enough for today, as using this information should help you adjust your iron levels with in a matter of a couple of months, naturally and while improving your general health and without too much stress involved. Hope you got your answers here, and if not feel more than free to email us here on green vegetables nutrition.

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Green Vegetables Nutrition and Green Smoothies

published Tuesday, May 31st, 2011 at 9:44 am by

Green Vegetables Green Vegetables Nutrition and Green Smoothies

I have written about smoothies here on green vegetables nutrition before, but it has been a long time since and there are more things to share. There are many benefits to having a green smoothie:

  • Amazing amounts of nutrients delivered in one shot (could be good or bad, depending on many things…)
  • Quick way of getting your body the energy and strength it needs.
  • Fiber, Fiber and Fiber again! Great source for fibers which keep our intestines running smoothly (Especially for all you girls out there who suffer from chronic constipation and can’t go without a pill).
  • Availability. Sometimes we are at work or on the go, and we NEED to get our energy and nutrients but simply lack the time…
  • Price – While we are used to paying a high price for fruit smoothies, Green smoothies are cheaper and healthier
  • Health – I’ve written before about the common mistake many of us have -a Fruit smoothie is usually NOT healthy! Remember.

There are actually more reasons why having a green vegetables smoothie is the right thing to do for your body and mind, but I think we can settle for these now, as we go on learning why fibers are so good.

Green Vegetables Nutrition and Fiber Content

Everything nowadays is working on fiber. Even the Internet is connected with a bunch of fibers, and it may come to you as a surprise to learn that each and every part of our body is connected with fiber. But, this is not exactly the kind of fiber we talk about in the health scene. Fiber has started its “15 minutes of glory” a few years ago, and fiber products began to pop-up like mushrooms after the rain. Suddenly every cereal on the shelve had “Extra Fiber Content” and things were “Fiber rich” and “Fiber Enhanced”. Let us understand something before we go on – Fiber IS important, but it is only too common for us westerners to make the mistake in thinking “Excess” equals “good”. Having fiber in our diet is truly super important. It helps our body in many ways, and I have written here before on green vegetables nutrition posts how fiber helps us (Just search for the word fiber on the search field up there..). But, stuffing our body with so much fiber is not healthy at all, and from being in a constant fiber-lack status, people have started consuming far too much fiber-content in their food, and especially in food that is not suppose to come with so much of it.

Green Vegetables Nutrition – The Smoothie Balance

The trick with fibers, as with everything in life, is timing and balance. It is important to get our fiber need with our food on a daily base, I can’t argue with that, but it is also important to remember that excess fiber can hurt us. That is one of the main reasons why drinking a green smoothie is actually so good. Who ever heard about drinking a glass of freshly smoothed green smoothie after or before a big meal? Anyone who ever tried a smoothie, especially a green vegetables smoothie knows that it is one of the most stomach-filling things existing on the face of the earth. It is my recommendation here on vegetables nutrition to have a green smoothie a day about two hours before your main meal, until you feel the effect and get to where you feel best with your intestines.

Wait now, this is not a recipe for everyone, but it is a beginning. This is right for the majority of us common folk, who work throuought the day and don’t make it to lunch until later on in the afternoon. The reason is that it gives our body immediate energy, from the good kind (and i’m not going to go into specific here as it is interesting yet complicated). The other reason is that it keeps the system moving, and by the time you are ready for your meal, your intestine will be clear and clean, and open for the food that is about to enter. You will be strong, full of power and energy, and all that from adding a green smoothie to your diet 3-5 times weekly. I have a lot more to say about this, as usual, but it is getting late and the post is already a bit too long, so enjoy your green smoothie! This is it for now here on green vegetables nutrition.

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Green Vegetables Nutrition – On Roasted Vegetables

published Friday, May 20th, 2011 at 12:26 am by

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Today on green vegetables nutrition we will talk about roasting vegetables – Pros, Cons and recipes. Some vegetables are perfect for roasting and it seems that god made them for that purpose only (It makes one wonder how come the toaster oven was invented so late in the human history… :) ). Some other vegetables are not too good roasted, and I do not only mean taste wise. Yes, there are dangers in the world of roasted food, in meats especially, but in vegetables too. Some materials turn carcinogenic once roasted, and we should be aware of these things when we choose what to put on our dinner plate. Slightly roasted Asparagus is a delicacy in flavour and in health levels, while roasting a potato, as popular as it is, is not exactly a treat for our body when it comes to health and balance.

Here is a list of the most common roasted vegetables you will find on our plate:

  • Sweet potatoes
  • carrots
  • onion
  • garlic
  • squash
  • yam
  • zucchini
  • tomato

Sure there are many more, but these are our favorite and I wanted to share (and we would love it if you would share your recipes and idea for roasted vegetables here on the comments area below).

Vegetables Nutrition – The pros and cons of roasted vegetables

While roasted vegetables offer a treat for the taste glands, some of them are simply not too good for us while others are great. As all the readers of Green Vegetables Nutrition know already, food is more than just an amazing fun and a treat for the body and spirit, but it is also a major factor in our health and stamina status, It is important to know how to treat certain vegetables and which ones are good for roasting.

The major pro in roasted vegetables is by far the flavor. It is usually better tasting than fresh vegetables, and it is easier to feed our kids with a roasted carrot than a fresh one for sure. Another amazing thing we can gain by roasting our vegetables is different nutrients. Tomato for example holds a very important nutrient that is available for the body only after it has been heated up. Of course that eating only cooked or roasted tomato is not the best idea, as we lose many other great things the tomato holds with in, but that specific ingredient is a bonus to the great taste of a roasted tomato, and that is definitely a pro.

Green Vegetables Nutrition – The cons of Roasted Vegetables

There are always two sides to everything in life (and usually even more), and it is true for roasted vegetables as well. As much as we try to stay positive here on green vegetables nutrition, it is still a place to share nutritional information and thus we cannot help it but sharing the cons as well as the pros. While we gain great flavor by roasting vegetables, we are also at risk of some issues. depending on the vegetable at hand, and at the status of our body and digestive system.

Many of us have heard before about how it is dangerous to eat the black off parts of fried and roasted things, but people do not seem to always take it so seriously. For one, the most roasted part is for some of us THE most delicious part of the meal, and it is usually for two main and totally different reasons:

  • High sugar value
  • Very bitter taste

Depending on the vegetable at hand, this burned part of the food will be either super-sweet or super bitter. The bitter lovers amongst us (the Heart type in Chinese medicine…) will have a hard time holding back from eating this part of the meal, and this is by far one of the most dangerous habits for you heart-types. Eating the burned end here and there is one thing, but having it as a habit throughout ones life time could is not so great, as it is just another one of the little things that can add up to encourage disease such as cancer.

The high sugar content of roasted vegetables such as sweet potato and yam makes them taste super great, and are really a treat. We all know very well that treats for the mouth are sometimes not such a treat for the body and our digestive system, and over eating this type of veggies after they have been roasted for a while will not do too well for our blood sugar levels, and over time can lead to different problems, the most common of them all being diabetes (which I have written about before on this page, mostly in connection with meat, and especially roasted beef). Diabetes is now so common, that statistics talk about 1 in 10 and for the new generation who are now kids or babies – they talk about 1 in 3.

So be aware and take care. Eat and enjoy roasted vegetables and allow yourselves the taste and fun of roasting and eating. But do it with the know how and awareness. As always, I set out to write post with the the thought in hand to give everything, and I end up over writing and making things too long for easy-reading…. So I have promised you roasted vegetables recipes, and I will deliver! It will simply be on the next article here, and I hope you enjoy and benefit this information about roasted vegetables here on green vegetables nutrition.

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Green Vegetables Osteoporosis Special

published Saturday, April 16th, 2011 at 5:08 am by

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This green vegetables nutrition post is all about Osteoporosis and how to cure it. The major issue with this disease is that the modern medicine has nothing to do about it, a fact that leaves many of us in the air, not sure what to do with it, and in the end people tend to neglect or forget about it. THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT WAY! There are many ways to deal and ultimately cure osteoporosis, all depending on the type of person you are, and the stage of the disease. That is why it is super important to get on top of it BEFORE it becomes a major situation. Yes, you can also treat it very good after it has rooted down in the system, but it will be longer and harder, and a much more demanding treatment. On the other hand, it is super rewarding and in the process, you simply have no choice but getting your body to a good and healthier state of being. What it means is that as a SIDE EFFECT of dealing with osteoporosis the holistic way, using nutrition, herbal medicine, exercise and acupuncture, you will be healthier and feel much better in every single aspect, be it body, spirit, and chronic illnesses that will simply disappear.

Green Vegetables And Responsibility

Now that you know that you can successfully treat your osteoporosis, there is no excuses but get on it. It is simply your responsibility as an adult who is fully in charge of his or her own health, and if you do not treat yourself, you are putting your life at risk. They say that “the old man has fallen down and broke his hip bone”. That is wrong. In most cases, the old man, or actually the old woman has broken her hip bone, thus she fell down. That is right! In series cases of osteoporosis the bones are so fragile they can crack without any prior singes, except for the “regular” signs that most of us get used to and choose to ignore. Be it the lower back pain, the knee pain, and the over-all feeling of pain in the bones. Trust me, you do not want to experience it.
The statistics show that there are at least 3 out of 10 people over 60 who has osteoporosis. The vast majority of these people are woman and so woman should get tested starting menopause, and keep on getting tested regularly. The thing is that if you eat right and live right, less stress more bone related exercise, and good sleep at night, there is absolutely no reason at all for you to be diagnosed with this disease. With the right type of green vegetables nutrition you can easily go about your entire life and live long to become old and wise, and have absolutely no osteoporosis!

Green Vegetables Nutrition And Osteoporosis

Modern medicine offers nothing to those of us who have osteoporosis, and there are many of us out there. You are not alone, as the statistics talk about over ten million people who have this disease in the USA only, and those are only the diagnosed reported cases, which are not even 10 percents of the actual number. The risks of osteoporosis are numerous, but it all comes down to having weak and fragile bones.
There Are Ways to Cure This Illness! First of all, you are invited to read another post I have written here before about osteoporosis and the nutrition way of supporting your body when you are at early or advanced stages of the disease. Second of all, I advice you to take on a program for following and maintaining your osteoporosis. Give this program here a shot, or if you now of another one that suits your needs, go for it – but do not neglect!

Try This Program For Your Osteoporosis:

Green Vegetables Osteoporosis Book

 

Much success and health to you all, with love from me her on green vegetables nutrition.

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Green Vegetables For Diabetics

published Thursday, April 14th, 2011 at 3:57 am by

Green Vegetables For Diabetics

Today on green vegetables I proudly present this great FREE GUIDE (Click The Picture On The Left to get the guide!) for all my diabetic or diabetic-risk readers, or for anyone at all that has a diabetic family member, or know any person with diabetics. It is a great free tool to have and use as a leverage to promote good health and living side to side with diabetes, without having all the side effects this disease is known for.

  • Get free knowledge on dealing with diabetes
  • Get free tools such as food-journal
  • Get free recipes for low/no-sugar dishes
  • Learn what are the best vegetables for diabetes

I found this tool and I hope you find it useful for dealing with this disease that has rooted so deep into the modern culture that no less then 1 out of 3 babies born in the USA after 2010 will be diabetics at some point in their lives. Learn how to prevent, deal, and lower the risk of diabetes simply and for free. It is a public service and it is a highly recommended program to try.

Green Vegetables Nutrition – Diabetes Diet

This diet recommendation and guide is a true life changer. There are no big secrets in the diabetic world of nutrition, but there are a few, and the most common ones as well as the most known facts are all listed in this guide, and delivered to you free of charge. That is why I liked it so much that I brought it here to Green vegetables. You know how I always look for great products for free, things that I use and benefit from. There are a lot of options out there for gifts and ideas on how to fix many illness, not only diabetes, but being such a common disease, I have decided to go on a personal guide -hunt. I could write the whole thing myself, and include recipes for diabetes with low carb food in it and low sugar foods. But why create something from scratch when a great product is already available and some one made it free of charge. Click this link to get your free guide – Give Me My Free 21-Day Guide For Diabetes!

Green Vegetables For Diabetes

I made a couple of posts about the real important things when it comes to nutrition for diabetics here on green vegetables nutrition. I have introduced the researched and well proven connection between diabetes and meat, and there for the biggest recommendation I can give you is to lower your meat consumption to as little as possible, for avoiding and living with diabetes. Sometimes, when people come to me with the first signs and symptoms of diabetics all I do is give them a swift change of diet, and they see the symptoms disappear rapidly. People who were sure that this is it, and they are sick for life have cured themselves completely, clearing out the symptoms of the disease with in less then a weeks time. I know this first hand, so I can say it here out loud – Diabetes and nutrition goes hand in hand.
Truth be told, all green vegetables are great for diabetes, as well as almost all vegetables. The only real “danger” posing vegetables that can worsten your sickness is high carb veggies,  and I will add a carb food list to green vegetables posts later on for your benefit.

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