For the past few years, we've been led to believe that if you want to be healthy, you need to eat kale regularly. Although it is a highly recommended food, it is not very different from the rest of vegetables.
The following are three reasons why you will win if you substitute it for spinach of a lifetime in those green juices in the afternoon snack and in the midday salads:
They are easier to chew
If you have included kale in your diet, you will have realized that chewing it can be quite hard work on the jaw. When finished, you have the feeling of having been eating for hours. Spinach doesn't have that problem. They are much kinder to the muscles of the mouth than kale… And often also with the palate.
Nutritional differences are negligible
Kale is reputed to be incredibly nutritious. Many people eat it because they think it is better than other green leafy vegetables. And than most foods, but the reality is that spinach matches kale for protein, fiber, carbohydrates, fat, vitamin B6, calcium, manganese, iron, and potassium. There are differences, yes, although they are insignificant, especially when it comes to small portions.
They have half the calories
A fact that can be quite surprising is that the calorie contribution of spinach is less than half that of kale. Not that kale is fattening, since, as we said at the beginning, it is a highly recommended food and we love it. We just want to make it clear that there are other options on the market that are just as good, which, depending on your needs, may be even better.