If You Love This Vegetable, There's One Thing You Should Never Do With It!

Spinach. If you love this healthy and incredibly 'gifted' vegetable, you'll surely want to know that among all the essential nutrients it provides our bodies, spinach is on the list of products that nutritionists and other experts recommend not reheating after you've already heated it once.

Why? A good question that we will clarify in a moment.

But first, let's have a look together at the wonderful 'gifts' this vegetable (with exceptional supervision, of course) gives our bodies:

1. Rich in iron and folic acid – For many years it was believed that spinach contains large amounts of iron, and the claim was that the iron level in spinach is much higher than in other leafy greens. However, recent studies have shown that all green vegetables have the same amount of iron and that they all provide it to us in a highly vital way.
2. Due to its active compounds, spinach provides our body with protection against a wide range of diseases and health issues such as regulating irritable bowels and 'rogue' digestion, preventing and treating constipation, boosting the immune system, lowering high blood pressure, maintaining bone strength and health, and more.
3. The antioxidants and minerals in it help maintain healthy body cells, slow down the aging process, and support proper brain function.
4. The active substances in spinach, including lutein, reduce the risk of developing various types of cancer, particularly skin cancer.

The reason experts advise against reheating it is that the effect of heat transforms its active compounds into nitrosamines – highly carcinogenic and dangerous compounds, which contain a nitrogen group.

Therefore, it is preferable to consume spinach fresh. But if you still decide to cook it – it's better to eat it cold than to reheat it.