Eating Spinach. Kale, Broccoli Rabe, and Swiss chard as well as collard, mustard, turnip, and beet greens add a low-calorie dose of vitamins, minerals, and fiber to your diet. These greens have potassium which helps regulate blood pressure, and the B-vitamin folate. Lack of folate may leave you more vulnerable to heart disease and stroke
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Am Bamgladeshi & I dry fenugreek leaves when they are there & put a few leaves in with the veggies
THE_MBA_CHICK9/30/2011 2:03:00 PM
we get none of that here in India... what do you think about fenugreek leaves, bittergourd, bottlegourd... stuff like that? hmm??
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