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- Spinach is also known to be rich source of phyto-nutrients (Prior, 2003;Otari et al., 2010) [4,5] . Spinach is one of the most desirable green leafy vegetable because of high beta carotene content (pro vit. A) and has one of the highest oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) value.
- Spinach is also used to prevent the bone loss associated with osteoporosis and for its anti-inflammatory properties in easing the pain of arthritis.
- Spinach is also a good source of chlorophyll, which is known to aid in digestion.