Salad is the best way to make your body healthy. You can’t even think how many nutrients you
would gain by eating a bowl of salad. There are a lot of benefits of salad I
have mentioned three.
Sharpens your eyesight
Toss together a salad of spinach, romaine and red leaf
lettuce: They all contain loads of the carotenoids vitamin A, lutein and
zeaxanthin—key to seeing better. Vitamin A helps eyes adapt from bright light
to darkness. Lutein and zeaxanthin can help filter out high-energy light that
may cause eye damage from free radicals.
Accelerates your muscles
Recent Swedish research found that inorganic
nitrate—abundant in spinach—resulted in muscles using less oxygen. The study,
which had healthy participants ride an exercise bike before and after taking a
dose of nitrate, found it improved the performance of the mitochondria—which
power our cells—in muscles.
Protects your heart
Whip up a Caesar salad to benefit from romaine’s high levels
of two heart-healthy nutrients: Two cups (500 mL) of shredded romaine contain
40 percent of your daily needs of folate and 10 percent of fibre. A study done
at Tulane University in New Orleans showed that the higher the level of folate in
a person’s diet, the lower the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease.
Soluble fibre has been shown to reduce the level of LDL (low-density
lipoprotein) or “bad” cholesterol.
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