Eight Spinach Can Prevent Disease

Who likes to eat spinach every day? Lucky for you if green vegetables like this one. Because the spinach can prevent a variety of chronic diseases that lead to death. Curious?

This is her eighth major benefits of spinach were quoted Medicalnewstoday, Monday (30/03/2015).

Prevent diabetes

Spinach contains antioxidants known as alphalipoic acid, which has been shown to lower glucose levels, improve insulin sensitivity and prevent oxidative stress-induced changes in patients with diabetes. Alphalipoic acid study also showed a decrease in peripheral neuropathy or autonomic neuropathy in diabetics1.

Prevent cancer

Spinach and other green vegetables contain chlorophyll which has been shown to be effective to block carcinogenic heterocyclic amines produced. The content that may prevent carcinogens that cause cancer.