About Leaf Vegetables

• • Nutritionists have declared that it is extremely important to make green leafy vegetables a part of one's daily diet.

  • But there are very few that actually do so, even though they know that there are innumerable benefits of consuming green leafy vegetables.

  • These vegetables include a whole lot of vitamins that are required to remain fit and also to prevent some diseases and health problems.

  • Dark green vegetables, also known as pot herbs or just green vegetables, contain not only vitamins D, A, E and K, but are also rich in fibre which aids in cleansing the digestive tract.

  • They also contain potassium, iron, magnesium, calcium, folic acid and certain phytochemicals that are important for the proper functioning of the body.

  • Consuming green leafy vegetables everyday decreases the risk of diseases like high blood pressure, diabetes, cancer, heart diseases, etc.

  • Leaf vegetables are beneficial for having a good eye sight, healthy looking skin and also to control weight gain.

  • Knowing the benefits of green leafy vegetables, it is very crucial to include them into one's daily diet.

List of Green Leaf Vegetables

• • Amaranth

  • Arugula

  • Beet Greens

  • Bitterleaf

  • Brussels Sprout

  • Cabbage

  • Catsear

  • Celery

  • Ceylon Spinach

  • Chard (spinach beet)

  • Chinese Cabbage

  • Collard Greens

  • Corn Salad

  • Dandelion Nettles

  • Endive

  • Fiddlehead Fern

  • Fluted Pumpkin

  • Garden Cress

  • Golden Samphire

  • Kai-lan (Chinese broccoli)

  • Kale

  • Komatsuna

  • Lamb's Lettuce

  • Land Cress

  • Lettuce

  • Mizuna Greens (Japanese mustard

  • Nasturtium

  • Paracress

  • Purslane

  • Radicchio

  • Samphire

  • Savoy

  • Sea Beat

  • Sea Kale

  • Sorrel

  • Spinach

  • Water Cress

  • Water Spinach

  • Winter Purslane