The other day, a "nutritionist" on the Today Show was encouraging people to eat a healthy diet by highlighting the categories of "good" food. She walked to the freezer, opened it and pointed to the bags of frozen spinach. "You should stock your freezer with bags of chopped spinach," she gushed, because you can add it to salads and burgers and all sorts of dishes, according to the latest food fad (in my opinion).
There's just one teeny, weeny problem, here. Spinach contains a particular enzyme that stops the body from being able to absorb and utilize calcium in any meal in which it's served. We've known about this for decades and yet it's still touted by the mainstream medical community.
Beat greens, steamed and served with a bit of coconut oil are high in minerals, great tasting, easy to prepare and contain no calcium-binding enzymes. Steamed kale is another super food in which one can easily assimilate much of the daily required amount of minerals and vegetable nutrients without the unwanted "spinach side-effects."
You'll notice I recommend steaming the kale as it, too, contains certain enzymes that can cause problems with those who have thyroid hormone imbalances when eaten raw. Steaming it negates those problems.
You don't want to end up with osteoporosis from eating too much spinach. If only poor Popeye had known!
Dr. Esther
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