Vegan protein powders, like rice or pea protein, offer a much more impressive spectrum of amino
acids than spinach.
Not exact matches
With more omega - 3 fatty
acids than salmon, a wealth of antioxidants — four times higher ORAC value
than blueberries and 3 times more iron
than spinach.
Chia seeds are 20 percent protein by weight and have 9 - times more omega - 3 fatty
acids than salmon, more
than 5 - times more calcium
than milk, and 3 - times more iron
than raw
spinach.
Spirulina is also very rich in chlorophyl, iron (about 58 times more
than spinach), antioxydants, beta - carotene and essential fatty
acid Omega 3 and 6.
Chia seeds are 20 percent protein by weight and have 9 - times more omega - 3 fatty
acids than salmon, more
than 5 - times more calcium
than milk, and 3 - times more iron
than raw
spinach.
They have more amino
acids than bee pollen, more beta carotene
than carrots, more iron
than spinach and 21 trace minerals.
Oxalic
acid in such vegetables as
spinach and chard and phytic
acid in some grains may form insoluble salts with magnesium, causing it to be eliminated rather
than absorbed.
They have more amino
acids than bee pollen, more beta carotene
than carrots, more iron
than spinach and have 21 trace minerals.
times longer to convert folic
acid into folate
than to convert the natural folate precursors found in
spinach and asparagus, and other greens 1.
However oxalic
acid has health effects that mean you need to cook
spinach more
than the average cruciferous vegetable.
For example, although the calcium content of
spinach is 115 mg per half cup cooked, because of the interference of oxalic
acid, you would have to eat more
than 16 cups of raw or more
than eight cups of cooked
spinach to get the amount of calcium available in one cup of yogurt.»
Cooked carrots,
spinach, asparagus, cabbage, and peppers supply more antioxidants such as carotenoids and ferulic
acid to the body
than they do when raw,
Kale is a form of cabbage and is high in fiber, calcium, iron, beta carotene, Vitamin C, A and K and contains antioxidants (it has been reported that it contains even more antioxidants
than spinach) folic
acid (also known as folate), magnesium, Omega 3 fatty
acids, sulforaphane... there is little wonder why this is classed as a superfood.