JOY FEELINGS MAGAZINE February Love issue 2017! | Page 24
How much: Eat watercress daily if you can. In some regions, it ' s more widely available during the spring and summer, when it ' s cultivated outdoors. But since it can also be grown hydroponically in greenhouses, you can find it year-round in many grocery stores and at your local farmer ' s market.
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You can cook it, but watercress is better for you when you eat it raw. Tuck it into a sandwich in place of lettuce.
Toss it with your favorite vegetables and eat it in a salad.
Watercress is great in pesto-- just replace
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Use watercress as a wonderfully detoxifying ingredient in a juice or smoothie.
Why Spinach Is a Super- Healing Food
You already knew spinach was good for you, but did you know just how good? Spinach protects against eye disease and vision loss; it ' s good for brain function; it guards against colon, prostate, and breast cancers; it protects against heart disease, stroke, and dementia; it lowers blood pressure; it ' s antiinflammatory; and it ' s great for bone health. Spinach has an amazing array of nutrients, including high amounts of