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sium: 9% of the DV</li><li>Magnesium: 6% of the DV</li></ul><p id="b853">It also contains 3% or more of the DV for vitamin B1 (thiamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B3 (niacin), iron and phosphorus.</p><p id="bd96">(<i>Source: healthline.com</i>)</p><p id="2e29"><b>There’s more!</b></p><p id="b0c3">Other minerals present are iron, sulfur, and selenium.</p><p id="1728">Not to mention Vitamin E, which together with Vitamin C and selenium provide important antioxidants to support the immune system.</p><p id="e3b6">Kale is high in fibre, supports heart health, helps prevent cancer, is recommended for those with diabetes, promotes bone, hair, skin and eye health and aids digestion.</p><p id="94fd">I may be carnivorous, but I’m not cruciferous except for kale!</p><p id="40ee">Thank you for being here.</p><p id="e01e"><b>Poem inspired by <a href="undefined">Selma</a>’s green challenge:</b></p><div id="1478" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/parsley-not-just-for-decoration-cda7ffaff73f"> <div> <div> <h2>Parsley — Not Just For Decoration</h2> <div><h3>A tanka and a stutterer’s response to an acrostic challenge</h3></div> <div><p>medium.com</p></div> </div> <div> <div style="background-image: url(https://miro.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:320/1*yUFPb1qM42eO9w5BYszClA.jpeg)"></div> </div> </div> </a> </div><div id="69c5" class="link-block"> <a href="https://readmedium.com/the-kingdom-of-greens-190c2c41b956"> <

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Poetry/Green Health

All Hail to the Whole Leaf Kale

Natural health growing in my garden

Image by linsight on Pixabay

Kale is a cruciferous vegetable, please don’t confuse it with spinach, my friend

Antioxidants, Vitamins A, B, C, K, high minerals, I recommend

Leaves can be eaten raw but tough, steaming is better, a healthy foodstuff

Eat more of this if you are like me, no brussel sprouts, cabbage or broccoli!

My first harvest of kale is soaking in water as I wrote this. How could I not pick it for my acrostic poem, having picked the leaves this morning to steam later as a dinner accompaniment?

Only four letters limited how much information I could include!

Here’s more.

Kale is among the most nutrient-dense plants on the planet.

Depending on the variety, leaves are green or purple, curly or smooth. Mine is the Chamberlain variety — green and smooth — and so easy to grow!

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A single cup of raw kale (about 67 grams or 2.4 ounces) contains

  • Vitamin A: 206% of the DV (from beta-carotene)
  • Vitamin K: 684% of the DV
  • Vitamin C: 134% of the DV
  • Vitamin B6: 9% of the DV
  • Manganese: 26% of the DV
  • Calcium: 9% of the DV
  • Copper: 10% of the DV
  • Potassium: 9% of the DV
  • Magnesium: 6% of the DV

It also contains 3% or more of the DV for vitamin B1 (thiamin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin), vitamin B3 (niacin), iron and phosphorus.

(Source: healthline.com)

There’s more!

Other minerals present are iron, sulfur, and selenium.

Not to mention Vitamin E, which together with Vitamin C and selenium provide important antioxidants to support the immune system.

Kale is high in fibre, supports heart health, helps prevent cancer, is recommended for those with diabetes, promotes bone, hair, skin and eye health and aids digestion.

I may be carnivorous, but I’m not cruciferous except for kale!

Thank you for being here.

Poem inspired by Selma’s green challenge:

Acrostic Poem
Health
Vegetables
Nutrition
Self
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