Start early. If you want to promote a health in your child as they go from babies to toddlers, adolescents, to young adults and finally enter adulthood, you should start early. Currently, American adults eat so few green vegetables that our health is suffering. New dietary guidelines for Americans released January 2005 show there needs to be a 200 to 300 percent increase in our intake of healthy green vegetables. This is a result of poor eating habits.
Brain Health. This should be a good reason you should consider eating more green vegetables. New studies are showing that important lifestyle choices, like eating healthy green vegetables, can help prevent you from developing sicknesses like Alzheimer's and a variety of other illnesses. If that doesn't hook you, try this: MIT researchers say if you're becoming forgetful, stocking up on magnesium is your answer. Magnesium can be found in dark green leafy vegetables. Here are a few other facts about magnesium, a nutrient found in dark green leafy vegetables that work positively towards your health: