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Friday, 20 July 2012

Shine the light on spinach

 When next shopping for leafy greens,choose those under supermarket lights.New research by the US department of Agriculture has shown that spinach packed and refrigerated under bright light for three days had significantly higher levels of vitamins C,K,E and folate
It also had higher levels of the carotenoids lutein and zeaxanthin
In contrast, spinach leaves stored in darkness had declining or unchanged levels of nutrients

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