🧧Eat ZENXIN organic vegetable for an “Ong & Huat’ New Year !

Here are some tips: 
1. Consume food rich in vitamin C such as citrus fruits along with your spinach dish in order to enhance the absorption of iron in your body 

2. If you would like to prepare your spinach in a raw salad or power smoothie, blanch it before consuming it to remove the oxalic acid present in the spinach. Oxalic acid is a compound that exists in fruits and leafy vegetables naturally. It tends to bind with the minerals such as calcium in our body, causing reduced absorption of calcium into our body. Therefore, proper food preparation methods and healthy eating patterns are important in providing adequate nutrients for health maintenance. 

Besides direct consumption and being part of the ensemble in various cooking methods, Organic English Spinach is one of the important ingredients in the making of Simply Natural Organic Spinach Noodle, which contains 20% organic fresh spinach puree, the highest amount of certified organic vegetable goodness you can find in noodles in the market.

English cabbage not only provides its sweetness and juiciness to your meal, it is also a great source of fibre, vitamin C, A, iron, vitamin B6 and folic acid and more which are essential in sustaining our health. Despite being packed with nutrients, it is low in calories at only 22kcal per cup of raw cabbage, which makes it ideal for weight management and therapeutic meals!

We are also amazed by its presence in all kinds of dishes, where it can be stir-fried, steamed, stewed and even prepared in soup and salad forms. The cabbage itself is embraced by various cuisines: chinese oriental, western, indian and local Malay cuisines, which makes it even more precious. 

Carrot is rich in beta-carotene, which will be transformed into vitamin A which is commonly known for sustaining eye health, preventing night blindness, and has a skin-beautifying effect by promoting wound healing and skin regeneration. Besides that, carrots are packed with antioxidants, such as carotenoids in fighting against free radicals that would cause harm to our body and reduce the cancer risk. 

Here are some interesting facts about carrots that you might not know:

1. Whenever we think about carrots, we often relate it with rabbit’s favourite food, as presented in children reading books and animations. In fact, rabbits do not consume carrots as their main source of food as carrots are high in carbohydrate and can only be consumed as treats occasionally.  
2. There are 2 types of baby carrots, which differ by their planting and processing methods. The first type are the carrots that are harvested before they mature, while the other one refers to the matured carrots that have been processed and cut into finger sized. Thus, you might notice that there are no peels present in this type of baby carrots. 
3. Carrots are mainly made out of 89% of water despite itself being a starchy vegetable. Great for juicing and making smoothies, you can start your day with carrot juice on top of your regular balanced breakfast meal.

Besides, this low-calorie food is rich in polysaccharides like letinans and beta-glucans which enhance the immune system by boosting white blood cell production to fight off microbes. Moreover, this highly nutritious food is also rich in natural copper and may promote healthy blood vessels, bone and immunity. Furthermore, shiitake mushroom is also a good cholesterol-lowering food as it is rich in fiber and other compounds, including eritadenine, sterols and beta-glucans.