Kale- Powerhouse of Nutrients

 

  Kale or borecole is a vegetable similar to cabbage, with green or purple leaves. Kale is one of the healthiest veggies you can have for dinner, lunch or breakfast. One serving, contains about 30 calories, it provides a day’s worth of vitamin C, twice the recommended daily intake of vitamin A, and nearly seven times the recommended amount of vitamin K. People who are on blood thinners such as warfarin should check with your Doctors before eating Kale because of the high contents of Vitamin K.. Vitamin K is abundant in kale but also found in parsley, spinach, collard greens, and animal products such as cheese. It is also great for juicing. Vitamin K is necessary for a wide variety of bodily functions, including normal blood clotting, antioxidant activity, and bone health.

Kale’s health benefits are primarily linked to the high concentration and excellent source of antioxidant vitamins A, C, and K — and sulphur-containing phytonutrients.  WebMD

 

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Source of Information

Medical Encyclopedia; Health magazine; The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition