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Health & Fitness

Kale, the King of the Greens – Leafy Green Kale That is

By Joan McDaniel    

When I first started my search for healthy food to eat that would help restore my immune system and get me get back to wellness, I knew I would have to be looking at natural foods. Natural foods that would provide micronutrients (minerals, vitamins, and essential fats), which would include a massive increase in eating fruits and vegetables. Mostly green vegetables I either grew myself or would buy from the local farmers market.

I could easily grow lettuce. I took a quick look at lettuce and remembered I loved Romaine and Leaf (red or green).  Both were rich in vitamins and would provide an excellent base for a summer of salads. I found starters of both varieties and put them in the dirt in my back yard.  A lot of water and watching and in a few weeks, I had lettuce. Every night I had had fresh lettuce. The lettuce grew well into summer then turned bitter from the heat which is normal.  They like the weather to be cool. 

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I continued my research into other sources of food and found the term super food used by Naturopathic and holistic nutritionist and natural medicine physicians and researchers.  It means Foods that have an incredible array of health benefits that go well beyond just their nutrient value. These foods are made in nature and not processed by man. They are typically loaded with a combination of critical fatty acids, anti-oxidant phytonutrients and essential amino acids. They are low in sugar and high in fiber content, vitamins and minerals.

 

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So far the super foods I have covered are the:

·        Berry (blueberry, raspberry, etc.)

·        Coconut

·        Olive

·        Nut (Walnut, Almond, etc.)

·        Salmon – wild caught

·        Avocado

·        And now Kale.

 

Kale

Nice looking, put with my current addiction for a high carb sugar rich diet, this didn’t look like something I’d eat.  I don’t care how healthy it is supposed to be, or how weak I was, I wasn’t going to be eating much Kale. Maybe some other kind of animal in the animal kingdom could eat that green stuff, but not me. I would think about it later.

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