What kind of people cannot eat spinach?

The nutritional value of spinach is rich mainly because it contains many ingredients that are beneficial to the human body. Today we will take a detailed look at the nutrients contained in spinach. Some friends may have heard of spinach weight loss, so what is the specific principle? Please open the following content to share relevant knowledge with you.

Contents of this article

1. The principle of spinach weight loss

2. Spinach ingredients

3. Who can’t eat spinach?

The principle of spinach weight loss

1. Improve digestion

Spinach is rich in fiber, which can make people feel full and reduce appetite. In the long run, it can reduce people's food intake and promote the reduction of body fat accumulation. Moreover, spinach is rich in energy, so people will not feel weak if they eat less, and the body fat will not accumulate too much.

2. Remove edema

Spinach is rich in calcium, which can take away excess salt from the body and reduce the content of water and mucus in the body. If you suffer from edema-type obesity, eating more vegetables can help remove edema and alleviate the condition, thereby achieving the effect of losing weight.

3. Promote metabolism

Spinach is rich in vitamins, which can maintain the nutrients needed by the human body and promote the body's metabolism. Its fiber can promote the peristalsis of the gastric mucosa, promote digestion, and relieve constipation.

Spinach ingredients

Every 100 grams of edible part contains 2 grams of protein, 0.2 grams of fat, 2 grams of carbohydrates, 0.6 grams of crude fiber, 2 grams of ash, 70 milligrams of calcium, 34 milligrams of phosphorus, 2.5 milligrams of iron, 2.96 milligrams of carotene, 0.04 milligrams of thiamine, 0.13 milligrams of riboflavin, 0.6 milligrams of niacin, 31 milligrams of ascorbic acid, more than 0.1 grams of oxalic acid, 17 milligrams of rutin, 1.1 milligrams of fluoride, and a large amount of α-tocopherol and 6-hydroxymethylpteridinedione.

The leaves contain 56-68 mg/kg (dry weight) of zinc, 1.22 μg/g of folic acid, amino acids and carotenoids such as lutein, β-carotene, neo-β-carotene B, neo-β-carotene U, α-spinasterol, stigmasterol-7-ol, cholesterol, sterol esters and sterol glycosides, tagetes, pineapple, and a bluish-purple fluorescent substance 2-acetyl-3-p-hydroxyphenylacryloyl mesotartaric acid.

Who can't eat spinach?

1. The elderly, infants, pregnant women or people with calcium deficiency

Experts recommend that elderly people, infants and young children who are in urgent need of calcium supplementation or who are taking calcium tablets for treatment (such as patients with osteomalacia and calcium deficiency due to tuberculosis) should not eat spinach within 2 hours before or after taking calcium tablets. Spinach contains dietary fiber, which can detoxify and open the orifices, so it has a certain laxative effect. Children with diarrhea should also avoid eating spinach.

2. Patients with diarrhea

Spinach is rich in fiber, which has the effect of lubricating the intestines. It is not suitable for patients with diarrhea.

3. People with nephritis and kidney stones should not eat

The oxalic acid and calcium salt contained in spinach can combine to form calcium oxalate crystals, which will make the urine of patients with nephritis turbid and increase the number of casts and salt crystals. Therefore, people with nephritis and kidney stones should not eat spinach.