Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Positive and negative effect from spinach

Spinach is one of the favorite vegetables since I sat in the benches primary school, if the rating for sure what spinach was ranked top. How bayam somehow make up to me so special now.
Spinach plants (Spinacea oleracea), comes from the United States and New Zealand, but easy cause spinach grown anywhere, now this is very much spinach planted in Indonesia.if in spinach have been long since consumed as vegetables, then in Europe and Australia, in This plant was initially known as the ornamental plant found in many corners of the city. started in the year 1960s, Australians began to look spinach as one of the food that has a matrix protein that is very high.

Positive effect from spinach:

Vegetables are very simple look. But you know that spinach has a womb that is full of nutrition and essential for our bodies? During this time, spinach as a kind of green vegetable that is widely known is rich in fiber, vitamins, beta karoten, various minerals, including iron, the fetus also has a high protein in the leaves and seeds . Vegetables is not only tasty cooked. When processed in a healthy and consumed on a regular basis, some diseases can be prevented and even cured.



Mineral content in spinach is high enough, especially Fe that can be used to prevent fatigue due to anemia. Fe in the womb because spinach is high enough, in the womb, especially Vitamin B acid folat, days of old spinach is recommended to be consumed by pregnant women and birth. Both mineral acid or Fe folat related to the production of blood while giving birth, so, enough supply in the body. Because as we know, the birth will be issued a lot of blood and allows the mother runs out of blood. In addition, spinach is also good is consumed by women during menstruation.

negative effects spinach:

In addition to high-benefit, spinach also have negative effects if we do not consider how processing. cause vegetable spinach can not warming like the other types of vegetables. Spinach contains iron in the form of Fe2 + (ferro). If too long a contact with O2 (oxygen from the air), Fe2 + oxidation will be Fe3 + (Ferry). Although the same iron, which is useful for us ferro. Meanwhile, Ferry is toxid in spinach. So, if the spinach be heated, the oxidation will occur. (I must opened textbooks biological and chemical again) where the pot is cook, sebisanya do not use aluminum pan, because it can react with the iron hand in the spinach.


In addition to the astringent page mentioned above, spinach also contains substances Nitrate (NO3). If oxidation by air, it will become NO2 (nitrit). Nitrit compound that is not colored, does not smell, and are toxic to the human body.
New fresh spinach that has been revoked from garden containing compound nitrit approximately as much as 5 mg / kg. When the spinach is stored in the refrigerator for 2 weeks, nitrit rate will increase to 300 mg / kg. In other words, in 1 day storage, compound nitrit will be increased 21 mg / kg (7%). Well he is, but I like to save cause in my stay does not have the vegetables through the front of the craftsman house.


Effect toksik (poison the body) caused by Nitrit began Nitrit oxidation reaction of the iron in red blood cells, precisely in the hemoglobin (Hb). Already we know that one of the tasks are binding hemoglobin oxygen to be distributed to all organs. Nitrit bond with hemoglobin, called Methemoglobin, not able to cause the hemoglobin oxygen binding. If the amount of methemoglobin reach more than 15% of the total hemoglobin, then there will be a condition called Sianosis, namely a situation where the whole body tissue oxygen deficiency. If this happens to a baby known as "Blue Baby".
Toksik other effect is the ability nitrit react with secondary amino compound can be formed that can cause cancer.


But do not consume spinach until okay .... the spinach because there are so many benefits, including vegetables that can be easy and cheap in price.

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