JOY FEELINGS MAGAZINE February Love issue 2017! | Page 26
practically every grocery store, no matter where you live, it ' s easy to find yearround, and you ' d be hard pressed to find a more nutritionally sound, versatile green. So do yourself a healthy favor and aim for a few ounces-- raw, sauteed, or lightly steamed, every day.
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Add a handful of fresh spinach to your next fruit smoothie. It ' ll change the color but not the taste.
Conventionally grown spinach is susceptible to pesticide residue; stick to organic.
Why Onions Are a Super-Healing Food
Onions get a bad rap for their effect on breath, but that ' s not the only part of the body where they pack a wallop. Onions contain potent cancer-fighting enzymes; onion consumption has been shown to help lower the risk of prostate and esophageal cancers and has also been linked to reduced mortality from coronary heart disease. Research suggests that they may help protect against stomach cancer. Onions contain sulfides that help lower blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as a peptide that may help prevent bone loss by inhibiting the loss of calcium and other bone minerals.
Onions have super antioxidant power. They contain quercetin, a natural antihistamine that