5 Green Foods Every Woman Should Eat
July 12, 2007 by Kristen King
Filed under Women's Health
In honor of today’s “Going Green” Science and Health Channel Theme Day, here are 5 green foods every woman should eat for optimum health:
- Spinach. It’s not just for Popeye — spinach is an important part of any woman’s diet. It provides vitamin k, vitamin C, iron, calcium, and that all-important folic acid to name just a few. Plus it’s a very low-calorie food. Eat it steamed, boiled, fried, in a salad, or as part of a quiche.
- Avocados. Aside from being incredibly delicious, avocados are also incredibly good for you — and not just as a decadent, all-natural face mask. Avocados contain a type of monounsaturated fat known to have an effect on lowering your cholesterol, and eating them is said to make your hair and nails healthier and more beautiful. Make guacamole, put them in salad, or do what I do: cut them in half, take out the pit, and eat it right out of the skin with a spoon.
- Lima beans. Your mom probably had no idea how much she was helping you when she made your eat all of your lima beans back in the day. Packed with soluble fiber, protein, calcium, potassium, and vitamin B, among others, lima beans are a must for every lively diet. Try them steamed or boiled or include them in your favorite soup.
- Broccoli. Clinical research has shown that eating broccoli can reduce your risk of developing a whole mess of cancers and also detoxifies your system. As if those weren’t reason enough on their own, it’s also loaded with vitamins C, K, and A, as well as fiber. Steam it, cut it up and eat it with dip, or toss it in a casserole.
- Brussels sprouts. Mom hit the mark on this one, too. Like broccoli, little brussels sprouts pack a big nutritional punch. I like them steamed with a little butter and lemon juice. Mmm-MMM!
What’s your favorite green food?
Contents © Copyright 2007 Kristen King
I’m only 2 for 5 on that list. I love spinach and broccoli and eat them all the time, but I’ve never liked avocado (icky texture) or lima beans or brussels sprouts. Maybe I just need better recipes.
Other green foods I like: green beans, zucchini and chayote squash (although they’re only green on the outside, so I guess they don’t count), green bell peppers (although I like the ripe red peppers better), romaine lettuce, fresh basil, peas, and honeydew melon. Mmmm, now I’m hungry.
Ooh! I love every green food you’ve listed. I eat plenty of all of them except lima beans, because they’re only occasionally available, in frozen form, here on Long Island. I used to love to eat them in succotash (limas and corn) when I was growing up in Texas.
Do green Slurpees count?
Just kidding. I love all the ones you listed except avocados and brussel sprouts. They both taste too rich to me. I like almost all veggies actually except those two and cooked musrooms — but now you hear don’t eat them raw! So, really what to do? (I still eat them). Watermelon is good although maybe technically red, um, green foods…green apples, all herbs, pesto, and candied lilacs which do have some green in them.
Green foods, yellow foods, orange foods, purple foods and red! The list of healthy foods I love grows with each passing year!!
I was always the kid that was yelled at when we went to a restaurant to eat as all I wanted was to indulge myself in the salad bars. My father believed steak and potatoes was the only way to eat – little does he know!!!
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Green food is great.
From your 5 foods every women should eat, there is only one I normally do not have: Lima beans.
Fruits and vegetables should be on every human diet.
Avocados are a great food which nutritional properties and health related properties are never highlited enough.
I pefer the 5 foods in a bowl seasoned with black pepper, salt and olive oil.
There is something very important to wash vegetables with a mild sopy solution.