Mustard Greens and your Health
These dark leafy greens are as flavorful as they are healthy.
Like other cruciferous vegetables, mustard greens contain indoles, compounds that help deactivate the estrogens that cause tumor growth.
One cup of cooked mustard greens provides almost 100 percent of the RDA for beta-carotene, 50 percent for vitamin C, and more than 10 percent for iron and calcium.
Many people think that if certain foods are good, a lot is better.
This is not always the case, and high doses of certain food are actually toxic.
Read about the healthy food, research the vitamins and minerals and check with your health care provider if you are unsure about how much to eat and how much may be too much.
The best way to get the daily requirement of 13 essential vitamins is to eat a balanced diet that contains a variety of foods and take a "Standardized" (quality) multivitamin supplement.