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36 Health & Food
30 FOODS THAT WILL MAKE YOUR LIFE SUPER HEALTHY
Edited by Angela Wathoni
For you to be able to achieve
optimum health, many health
practitioners’ advice loading
up on superfoods. A superfood
is “a food that is rich in
compounds, vitamins, minerals,
and other nutrients considered
beneficial to a person’s health.”
Superfoods bring you other
wonderful health benefits
such as helping you maintain a
healthy heart, slow down aging,
prevent oxidative stress and
just basically improving your
overall health.
Here’s a list of the most nutrient-
dense superfoods you may want
to include in your next grocery list.
1. Watercress
3. Chard
Chard is easily one of the best and
most popular vegetables around.
It can boost one’s brain function,
strengthen one’s bones, and help
regulate blood circulation. It can
also help regulate one’s blood sugar
because of its syringic acid content.
Bottom line: chard is a sweet treat
for your health.
4. Beet Greens
Watercress ranks at the top of the
nutrition density chart with an
amazingly perfect score of 100.
This superfood fights against DNA
breakdown and blood cell damage.
Bottom line: Watercress can
particularly suppress breast cancer
cells because of the compound
phenylethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC),
which has significant anticancer
properties.
2. Chinese Cabbage
Beet greens have very low caloric
content, as they have low fat
and no cholesterol. It belongs in
the top 5 most nutrient-dense
foods in the world, according to a
research done at William Paterson.
6. Chicory
Chicory contains plenty of
essential micronutrients such as
vitamins A and K. It is also both a
digestive and diuretic, although it
doesn’t have caffeine. In fact,
Bottom line: you’ll get a happy
tummy with chicory because it can
support probiotics as it contains
inulin, a prebiotic that is vital for
your gut health.
7. Green Leaf Lettuce
Green Leaf lettuce contains high
amounts of vitamins A, C, K, and
B vitamins. It can significantly aid
brain function as it is rich in dietary
nitrate, which helps prevent
deterioration of brain cells.
Bottom line: Leaf lettuce has sleep-
inducing properties and analgesic
properties, which means it can help
relieve pain.
8. Parsley
Bottom line: Beet greens are the
leafy parts of the beet plant while
the fleshy part at the roots are
called beetroots.
5. Spinach
This veggie has low sodium
content, meaning it can help
regulate your blood pressure. It
can also fight anaemia and fatigue
because it has a high iron content. Spinach is low in fat and
cholesterol.
Spinach
can
efficiently protect the body from
harmful free radicals. These “free
radicals” are among the top causes
of various health problems today.
Bottom line: Chinese cabbage is rich
in antioxidants, which can boost
eye health and provide you with
healthy, glowing skin. Bottom line: Cooked spinach has
more nutrients than raw ones because
cooked spinach contains a bit more
iron and vitamins A, K, B2, and B6.
Parsley is one superfood that is
very rich in vitamins K (with 554%)
and A. In addition, it also contains
dietary fibre and the minerals
magnesium, calcium, potassium,
and iron. In fact, it contains more
iron than spinach.
Bottom line: Parsley promotes kidney
health. It also helps relieve rheumatoid
arthritis, prevents diabetes, promotes
better digestion, and it is even a
natural breath freshener.